Word Study
urticate
CIDE DICTIONARY
urticate, v. t. & i.
To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy. G. A. Sala. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
urticate, v.tr. sting like a nettle.
Derivative
urtication n.
Etymology
med.L urticare f. L urtica: see URTICARIA
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