sulcate
English
Etymology
From Latin sulcātus, perfect passive participle of sulcō (“I plough, furrow”).
Adjective
sulcate (comparative more sulcate, superlative most sulcate)
- Having deep, narrow sulci, grooves or furrows.
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 14:
- The infant's ossature, the thin and brindled bones along whose sulcate facets clove old shreds of flesh and cerements of tattered swaddle.
Derived terms
Related terms
- sulcation
- sulculate
References
- “sulcate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
sulcāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of sulcō
Spanish
Verb
sulcate