variolate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
9

Definition of variolate

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having the pitted appearance of smallpox.
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adj

  1. Having the pitted appearance of smallpox.

verb

  1. (transitive)To infect with smallpox.
    “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.”

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Etymology

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

Anagrams of variolate

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