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From A Word A Day at Wordsmith.org , a pretty neat mention of “Shiva, Open Your Eye.”

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formicate
 
PRONUNCIATION:
(FOR-mi-kayt)
MEANING:
verb intr.:

1. To crawl like ants.

2. To swarm with ants.

 

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin formicare (to crawl like ants), from formica (ant). Earliest documented use: 1854.

 

USAGE:
“Again, again, again, until you reach the inevitable conclusion of sky-rises, nuclear submarines, orbiting satellites, and Homo sapiens formicating the Earth.”

Laird Barron; Shiva, Open Your Eye; Fantasy & Science Fiction (Cornwall, Connecticut); Sep 2001.

See more usage examples of formicate in Vocabulary.com‘s dictionary.

 

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within. -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, psychiatrist and author (1926-2004)

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