Home › Words › P › pumicatepumicate/ˈpjuːmɪkeɪt/pumicate · verb — to make smooth with pumice.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).pumicate is pronounced /ˈpjuːmɪkeɪt/.EtymologyFrom Latin pumicatus, past participle of pumicare (“to pumicate”), from pumex. See pumice.verbTo make smooth with pumice.e.g.“It was a long, spacious place, where the polishers, in smocks of black serge, sat in double rows pumicating and grinding their pieces at little work-boards.” — 1925, Émile Zola, Ernest Alfred Vizetelly, Fruitfulness, page 8:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).