punctulate

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English

Pronunciation

Adjective

punctulate (comparative more punctulate, superlative most punctulate)

  1. Marked with small punctures or spots.

Verb

punctulate (third-person singular simple present punctulates, present participle punctulating, simple past and past participle punctulated)

  1. (transitive) To mark with small punctures or spots.
    • 1729, J[ohn] Woodward, “Class III. Pebles, Flints, Agats, and Stones Related to Them. ”, in An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; , tome I, London: F Fayram, ; J Senex, ; and J. Osborn and T Longman, , →OCLC, page 49:
      The Studds have their Surface punctulated, as if ſet all over with other Studds infinitely leſſer.

Latin

Adjective

pūnctulāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of pūnctulātus