punctulate

English

Pronunciation

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌŋktjʊlət/, /ˈpʌŋktʃʊlət/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌŋktjʊleɪt/, /ˈpʌŋktʃʊleɪt/

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Adjective

punctulate (comparative more punctulate, superlative most punctulate)

1. Marked with small punctures or spots.

Verb

punctulate (third-person singular simple present punctulates, present participle punctulating, simple past and past participle punctulated)

1. (transitive) To mark with small punctures or spots.
   • 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:

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

Latin

Adjective

pūnctulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of pūnctulātus