Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vacciolate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vac-ci-o-late
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To innoculate with cowpox (the vacciolous virus) in order to produce immunity to smallpox.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Where I now vacciolate tens, I could easily do the same for hundreds."
"As the objects of attention had both been vacciolated at the Small-Pox Hospital, a correct copy of the particulars respecting their inoculation was obtained from the register of that Institution, and is given in the Report."
"May I offer to you my services, in this way : during the infancy of your institution, you cannot do me a greater pleasure than to increase my number of patients ; for, where I now vacciolate tens, I could easily do the same for hundreds."

Etymology

Coined in 1802 by Dr. John Walker, from vacciolous + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

vacciolates (present, singular) vacciolating (participle, present) vacciolated (participle, past) vacciolated (past)

Derived Forms

vacciolation

Questions

What does vacciolate mean?: To innoculate with cowpox (the vacciolous virus) in order to produce immunity to smallpox.
Where does vacciolate come from?: Coined in 1802 by Dr. John Walker, from vacciolous + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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