| Back | formicate /FOR-mi-kayt/ |
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| Front | verb intr. 1. To crawl like ants. 2. To swarm with ants. [From Latin formicare (to crawl like ants), from formica (ant). Earliest documented use: 1854.] "Again, again, again, until you reach the inevitable conclusion of sky-rises, nuclear submarines, orbiting satellites, and Homo sapiens formicating the Earth." - Laird Barron; Shiva, Open Your Eye; Fantasy & Science Fiction (Cornwall, Connecticut); Sep 2001. |
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