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insected

insected adjective: resembling or relating to an insect.

Adjective

insected (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Resembling or relating to an insect.
    • if a Bee wer as big as a Bull, it must have a ſting proportionable, and what miſchiefs do you think ſuch ſtings would do, when we can hardly endure the ſting of that ſmall inſected animal[…]?1655, James Howell, “To Dr. T. P.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC

Origin of insected

From insect + -ed.

Questions about insected

What does insected mean?
Insected means resembling or relating to an insect.
What part of speech is insected?
Insected is an adjective.

Words near insected in the dictionary

  1. insectariums
  2. insectary
  3. insectation
  4. insectations
  5. insectdom
  6. insected
  7. insectian
  8. insecticidal
  9. insecticidality
  10. insecticidally
  11. insecticide

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