irrorate means to sprinkle or moisten with dew; to bedew. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “irrorate” is a great word
IRRORATE — [Verb] To sprinkle or moisten with dew; to bedew. First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin irrōrātus, the perfect passive participle of irrōrāre ("to bedew"), from in- ("upon") + rōrāre ("to moisten, to bedew"), from rōs, rōris ("dew"). Unlike "besprinkle," which implies a casual scattering of any liquid, or "humect," which denotes a broad, functional moistening, "irrorate" is the precise, poetic act of anointing with dew alone. It is the silvering of a spider’s web at dawn, the quiet anointing of a rose petal before the sun touches it, and the delicate film that transfigures a field of grass into a glimmering sea—a word for nature's quietest baptism, performed while we sleep.
Etymology
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin irrōrātus, perfect passive participle of irrōrō (“to bedew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
verb
- To sprinkle or moisten with dew; to bedew.