urticate
urticate
Definition
ur·ti·cate (ʉrt′ə kāt′)
transitive verb, intransitive verb -·cat′ed, -·cat′·ing
to sting with or as with nettles
Etymology: < ML urticatus, pp. of urticare, to sting < L urtica, a nettle, prob. < urere, to burn: see uredo
