punctulate

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/ˈpʌŋktjʊlət//ˈpʌŋktʃʊlət//ˈpʌŋktjʊleɪt//ˈpʌŋktʃʊleɪt/

adjective

Marked with small punctures or spots.

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Meanings

adjectivepunctulate (comparative more punctulate, superlative most punctulate)

comparative more punctulate · superlative most punctulate

  1. Marked with small punctures or spots.
verbpunctulate (third-person singular simple present punctulates, present participle punctulating, simple past and past participle punctulated)

present singular third person punctulates · participle present punctulating · participle past punctulated · past punctulated

  1. transitiveTo mark with small punctures or spots.

    The Studds have their Surface punctulated, as if ſet all over with other Studds infinitely leſſer.

    1729, J[ohn] Woodward, “Class III. Pebles, Flints, Agats, and Stones Related to Them. […]”, in An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; […], tome I, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC, page 49
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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