URTICACEOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (uhr-tih-KAY-shuhs)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to a nettle.
2. Stinging.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin urtica (nettle), from urere (to burn). Earliest documented use: 1836.
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URBICACEOUS - citified

URTICAREOUS - makes your cavities itch

UTICA CEO: US - We've just been put in charge of that city in upstate NY