Noun: urtication
| Singular | urtication |
| Plural | urtications |
Sample Sentences
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The Romans had frequent recourse to urtication to arouse the sexual appetite. [1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 240:]
Nouns inflected like urtication
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin urtīca (“nettle”). See: Latin Nouns '
urtīca'.