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urticate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ur-ticate
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.

adj

Marked by the presence of wheals.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From or formed like (post-Classical?) Latin urticatus, from Latin urtīca (“nettle”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: urticatus, urtīca

Inflected Forms

urticates (present, singular) urticating (participle, present) urticated (participle, past) urticated (past)

Synonyms

nettle

Questions

What does urticate mean?
To have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.
Where does urticate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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