reticulate means network-like in form or appearance. It carries an Arena rating of 1644, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, reticulate ranks #953 of 17,142 for Most Ingenious Words, #2,165 of 42,747 for Qualifying, #4,307 of 17,143 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words, #5,478 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words.
reticulate is pronounced /ɹəˈtɪkjʊlət/.
Why “reticulate” is a great word
Having a pattern or structure resembling a net or network, or to form, divide into, or distribute via such a network. From Latin rēticulātus ("net-like"), from rēticulum ("small net"), a diminutive of rēte ("net"). Unlike "linear" (which charts a solitary, straight path) or "interwoven" (which implies a deliberate braiding of strands), reticulate suggests the organic, branching complexity of veins in a leaf, the delta of a river seen from above, or the ghostly tracery of city lights from the night sky—the fundamental pattern by which life, information, and cold matter conspire to endure, a silent, spreading communion in which we are already caught.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rēticulātus (“reticulated, net-like”).
adj
- Network-like in form or appearance.e.g.“The fingers have a pseudosclerodermatous appearance with scleroatrophy, often with contractures and sometimes with reticulate erythema on the dorsal surface.” — 2015, Amy S. Paller, Anthony J. Mancini, Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology, page 116:
verb
- To distribute or move via a network.
- To divide into or form a network.
- To create a network.
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