PANDICULATE

PRONUNCIATION: (pan-DIK-yuh-layt)

MEANING: verb intr.: To stretch oneself.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin pandiculari (to stretch oneself), from pandere (to stretch). Earliest documented use: 1775.
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PANNICULATE - covered with a layer of thick or opaque fibrous tissue

WANDICULATE - proficient in the use of sticks with magical properties

PAN DICURATE - to criticize both junior priests