'Vermiculate' definitions:
Definition of 'vermiculate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms [syn: vermiculate, worm-eaten, wormy]
adjective
Decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework" [syn: vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated]
verb
Decorate with wavy or winding lines
Definition of 'Vermiculate'
From: GCIDE
- Vermiculate \Ver*mic"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vermiculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vermiculating.] [L. vermiculatus inlaid so as to resemble the tracks of worms, p. p. of vermiculari to be full of worms, vermiculus a little worm. See Vermicular.] To form or work, as by inlaying, with irregular lines or impressions resembling the tracks of worms, or appearing as if formed by the motion of worms. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vermiculate'
From: GCIDE
- Vermiculate \Ver*mic"u*late\, a.
- 1. Wormlike in shape; covered with wormlike elevations; marked with irregular fine lines of color, or with irregular wavy impressed lines like worm tracks; as, a vermiculate nut. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical. "Vermiculate questions." --Bacon. "Vermiculate logic." --R. Choate. [1913 Webster]