formicant

English

Etymology

From Latin formica (“ant”); so called because supposed to resemble the motion of an ant.

Adjective

formicant (comparative more formicant, superlative most formicant)

  1. Crawling like an ant.
    • 1871, Tilbury Fox, ‎Skin Diseases: Their Description, Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
      The neurotic aspect of the disease prurigo is well shown in the burning, tingling, formicant character of the disordered sensation.
  2. (medicine, obsolete) Of the pulse: weak and rapid.

Latin

Verb

formīcant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of formīcō
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