variolate

English

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

variolate (comparative more variolate, superlative most variolate)

1. Having the pitted appearance of smallpox.

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To infect with smallpox.
   • 1999 April 18, Jerome Groopman, “Best Medical Insight; Pox Britannica”, in The New York Times Magazine‎:

     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.

Related terms

• variola
• vacciolate

Anagrams

• ailevator

Italian

Adjective

variolate

1. feminine plural of variolato

Anagrams

• avolterai, lavoriate