formicant

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adjective

Crawling like an ant.

OriginLatin formica →
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Meanings

adjectiveformicant (comparative more formicant, superlative most formicant)

comparative more formicant · superlative most formicant

  1. Crawling like an ant.
  2. Having a crawling sensation like that of an ant sting

    The neurotic aspect of the disease prurigo is well shown in the burning, tingling, formicant character of the disordered sensation.

    1871, Tilbury Fox, Skin Diseases: Their Description, Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
  3. obsoletemedicineOf the pulse: weak and rapid.

Origin

  1. Latinformica“ant”
  2. Englishformicant

From Latin formica (“ant”); so called because supposed to resemble the motion of an ant.

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APA

formicant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/formicant

MLA

“formicant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/formicant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “formicant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/formicant.

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