DIVELLICATED

Verb

divellicated

simple past tense and past participle of divellicate

Adjective

divellicated (comparative more divellicated, superlative most divellicated)

Torn apart.

[…] the interior membranes were so divellicated, that the os or bone very plainly appeared through the aperture of the vulnus or wound.

Source: Wiktionary


DIVELLICATE

Di*vel"li*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. di- = vellicatus, p. p. of vellicare to pluck, fr. vellere to pull.]

Definition: To pull in pieces. [Obs. or R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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5 November 2024

TEMPORIZE

(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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