variolate

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adjective

Having the pitted appearance of smallpox.

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Meanings

variolate1

adjectivevariolate (comparative more variolate, superlative most variolate)

comparative more variolate · superlative most variolate

  1. Having the pitted appearance of smallpox.

variolate2

verbvariolate (third-person singular simple present variolates, present participle variolating, simple past and past participle variolated)

present singular third person variolates · participle present variolating · participle past variolated · past variolated

  1. transitiveTo infect with smallpox.

    Lady Montagu encouraged the Princess of Wales to variolate her two daughters. To assure herself of the safety of the procedure, the Princess first forced disenfranchised subjects -- several prisoners and an orphan -- to be variolated.

    1999 April 18, Jerome Groopman, “Best Medical Insight; Pox Britannica”, in The New York Times Magazine

Origin

variolate · adjective

From variola + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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variolate · verb

From variole + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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