English Explanatory Dictionary

divellicate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To detach, rip apart.

Word forms

divellicate divellicates divellicating divellicated

Etymology

First attested in 1638; borrowed from Latin dīvellicātus, perfect passive participle of dīvellicō (“to pluck asunder”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dis- + vellicō, from vellō (“to pluck”).

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