different between formicate vs formication

English

Etymology

From Latin form?ca (“ant”) +? -ate.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /?f??(?)m?ke?t/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /?f??(?)m?k?t/, /f??(?)?ma?k?t/

Verb

formicate (third-person singular simple present formicates, present participle formicating, simple past and past participle formicated)

1. To move like ants.
   • 1867, James Russell Lowell, Fireside Travels

     an open space which formicated with peasantry

2. To have a sensation like the movement of ants.

Adjective

formicate (comparative more formicate, superlative most formicate)

1. ant-like

Latin

Verb

form?c?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of form?c?

English

Etymology

Circa 1700, from Latin form?ca (“ant”) + -tion.

Noun

formication (countable and uncountable, plural formications)

1. (medicine) An abnormal skin sensation similar to that of insects crawling over or within the skin; a tactile hallucination involving such a sensation. A common side-effect of substance abuse, it can also be experienced with high fever, menopause, skin cancer, diabetic neuropathy, or herpes zoster.
   • 1853, The Scottish Review

     Soon the formications and muscular debility returned, not alone, but accompanied with painful cramps and startlings in the feet and calves of the legs.

Related terms

• formic
• formic acid
• formicate

Further reading

• formication on Wikipedia.Wikipedia