pullulate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pullulātus, perfect passive participle of pullulō (“sprout forth”), from pullulus (“a young animal, a sprout”), diminutive of pullus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌl.jʊ.leɪt/

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Verb

pullulate (third-person singular simple present pullulates, present participle pullulating, simple past and past participle pullulated)

1. To multiply rapidly.
2. To germinate.
3. To teem; to be filled (with).
   • 1945, Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

     I must say the whole of Oxford has become most peculiar suddenly. Last night it was pullulating with women.

Verb

pullulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of pullulare
2. second-person plural imperative of pullulare
3. feminine plural of pullulato

Verb

pullulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of pullulō