different between fornicate vs formicate

English

Etymology

From Latin fornic?tus, perfect passive participle to fornicor, from fornix (“arch, vault; brothel”). It was customary for courtesans of the era to wait for their customers out of the rain in arched passageways.

Pronunciation

Adjective

• (Received Pronunciation), IPA^(key): /?f??.n?.k?t/
• (General American), IPA^(key): /?f??.n?.k?t/

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation), IPA^(key): /?f??.n??ke?t/
• (General American), IPA^(key): /?f??.n??ke?t/

Adjective

fornicate (comparative more fornicate, superlative most fornicate)

1. Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a fornix.

Derived terms

• fornicated
• fornicate gyrus

Translations

Verb

fornicate (third-person singular simple present fornicates, present participle fornicating, simple past and past participle fornicated)

1. (intransitive) To engage in fornication; to have sex, especially illicit sex.

Synonyms

• have sex, make love, seduce; see also Thesaurus:copulate

Derived terms

• fornicated
• fornicator

Translations

Anagrams

• factioner, fornacite, refaction

Italian

Verb

fornicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of fornicare
2. second-person plural imperative of fornicare
3. feminine plural of fornicato

Anagrams

• conferita, farnetico, farneticò, inforcate, nefrotica

Latin

Participle

fornic?te

1. vocative masculine singular of fornic?tus

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?