Apricated
/ˈeɪ.prɪ.keɪ.tɪd/noun
Warmed or refreshed by basking in sunlight.
Did you know?The word comes from Latin apricari, “to bask in the sun,” and survives mainly in literary, botanical, and deliberately obscure English.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
apricus
“Sunny, exposed to the sun, or sheltered from the wind”
Classical Latin
Latin
apricari
“To bask in the sun”
17th Century
English
apricate
“To bask or sun oneself”
19th Century
English
aprication
“The act of basking in sunlight”
Modern English
English
apricated
“Warmed or refreshed by basking in sunlight”
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