fistulate

English

Etymology

Compare Latin fistulatus (“furnished with pipes”).

Pronunciation

(verb) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪstjʊleɪt/
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(adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪstjʊlət/
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Verb

fistulate (third-person singular simple present fistulates, present participle fistulating, simple past and past participle fistulated)

(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To make or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, James Nichols, editor, The Church History of Britain, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), new edition, London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
  
  a fistulated ulcer

Adjective

fistulate (not comparable)

Hollowed like a fistula.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fistulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

faultiest

Latin

Adjective

fistulāte

vocative masculine singular of fistulātus

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