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- Latin · borrowed frommūricātus
- English todaymuricate
First attested in 1661; borrowed from Latin mūricātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from mūrex (“a pointed rock or stone”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
muricate
Today it means: covered with short rough points or studs Full definition →
Latin mūricātus