vermiculate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb decorate with wavy or winding lines
  2. adjective infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms
  3. adjective decorated with wormlike tracery or markings

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vermiculatus (“inlaid in wavy lines”), past participle of vermiculor (“to be full of worms or worm-eaten”), from vermiculus (“little worm”).

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