formicant

From Latin formica (“ant”); so called because supposed to resemble the motion of an ant.

formicant (comparative more formicant, superlative most formicant)

1. Crawling like an ant.
2. Having a crawling sensation like that of an ant sting
   • 1871, Tilbury Fox, Skin Diseases: Their Description, Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment

     The neurotic aspect of the disease prurigo is well shown in the burning, tingling, formicant character of the disordered sensation.

3. (medicine, obsolete) Of the pulse: weak and rapid.

formicant (feminine formicante, masculine plural formicants, feminine plural formicantes)

1. formicant

• “formicant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

formīcant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of formīcō