- Types Of Speech
- You can use vellicate as a verb in a sentence.
- About Vellicate
- A 3 syllables verb and 9 letters with the letters a, c, e, i, l, t, and v, 5 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter i. Vellicate starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters v, ve, vel, vell, velli, and the ending characters are e, te, ate, cate, icate, . Vellicate is also a double consonant (ll) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- Pig Latin
- Vellicate in Pig Latin is said as "ellicatevay or ellicatevway".
- Unigram
- v | e | l | l | i | c | a | t | e
- Bigram
- ve | el | ll | li | ic | ca | at | te
- Trigram
- vel | ell | lli | lic | ica | cat | ate
- Quadrigram
- vell | elli | llic | lica | icat | cate
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear;
"smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth";
"the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back" - touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
Anagram | Definition |
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Vellicate | irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth" "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back" |
View English words with the unique letters used in vellicate. Words With The Letters Aceiltv
Word | Definition |
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Nip | small sharp biting |
Pinch | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
Tweak | a squeeze with the fingers |
Word | Definition |
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Irritate | excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame "Aspirin irritates my stomach" |
Vellicate Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With V
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters