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Decrepit vs Vellicate - What's the difference?

decrepit | vellicate |

As verbs the difference between decrepit and vellicate

is that decrepit is while vellicate is to touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.

decrepit

English

Alternative forms

* decrepid (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Weakened or worn out from age or wear
  • Derived terms

    * decrepitly * decrepitude

    Anagrams

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    vellicate

    English

    Verb

    (vellicat)
  • To touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.
  • * Roald Dahl, The Way Up to Heaven
  • It was nothing much - just a tiny vellicating muscle in the corner of the left eye
  • to irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear.
  • Smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth.
  • To pinch.
  • To cause to twitch.
  • * Arbuthnot
  • Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in its extremity, are not very dangerous.

    See also

    * tickle * titillate ----