A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg 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. 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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