English Explanatory Dictionary

urticate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.
adj
  1. Marked by the presence of wheals.

Word forms

urticate urticates urticating urticated

Etymology

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

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