Cimicose
/ˈsɪmɪkoʊs/noun
Relating to or resembling bedbugs.
Did you know?Cimicose belongs to a scientific vocabulary built from Latin cimex, the Roman word for a bedbug, whose modern descendant is the genus name Cimex.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
κίμηξ (kímēx)
“Bedbug; an early Greek term associated with the parasitic insect”
Classical Latin
Latin
cimex
“Bedbug or other small biting insect”
Late Latin
Latin
cimicosus
“Infested with bedbugs or relating to bedbugs”
17th Century
New Latin
cimicosus
“Scientific adjective meaning pertaining to bedbugs”
17th–18th Century
English
cimicose
“Relating to or resembling bedbugs”
Modern English
English
cimicose
“A rare technical adjective describing something bedbug-like or associated with bedbugs”