Word for the Day: flocculate

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[Red Badger]

flocculate | verb

floc·​cu·​late | \ ˈflä-kyə-ˌlāt \ flocculated; flocculating Definition of flocculate transitive verb

: to cause to aggregate into a flocculent mass flocculate clay particles intransitive verb

: to become flocculent Other Words from flocculate Did You Know? Learn More about flocculate Other Words from flocculate flocculant \ ˈflä-​kyə-​lənt \ noun flocculation \ ˌflä-​kyə-​ˈlā-​shən \ noun flocculator \ ˈflä-​kyə-​ˌlā-​tər \ noun

intransitive verb To cause (individual particles of clay) to aggregate into clotlike masses or precipitate into small lumps.

intransitive verb To cause (clouds) to form fluffy masses.

Did You Know? In the late 16th century, scientists noticed that the loose masses separated from a solution or suspension through precipitation often resembled tufts of wool, and they began to refer to them as "flocks," using another word for "tufts." (This "flock" is not related to the word flock that refers to a group of animals, which comes from Old English flocc, meaning "crowd" or "band.") About two centuries later, the Late Latin term flocculus found its way into English and was also used with the meaning "a small loosely aggregated mass." By the end of the 19th century, a whole word family had been formed, including the adjective "flocculent," the noun "floccule," and the verb "flocculate."

First Known Use of flocculate 1877, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

[Red Badger]

Word PING!...............

Don’t everybody rush in all at once, now, or you’ll flocculate!............

[CTyank]

Oh... So this word has nothing to do with sheep?

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: In the late 16th century, scientists noticed that the loose masses separated from a solution or suspension through precipitation often resembled tufts of wool ::

Science.

[left that other site]

$900.00 per month for Birth Control?
Nobody can FLUCKulate that much unless she is exactly what Rush (RIP) called her.

[ClearCase_guy]

separated from a solution or suspension through precipitation

Sounds like settled science.

[Red Badger]

[School of Rational Thought]

After a night of flocculating, my morning coffee was a welcome relief.

[mkmensinger]

I guess that makes Imodium a floculant?

[Red Badger]

You must have been floccu-VERY-late................

[HighSierra5]

The word just sounds bad.

[Red Badger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loperamide

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

ICWUDT

[camle]

my ex is my ex because she is too floculate and i can’t abide the smell

[Red Badger]

ISWYDT!.....................

[camle]

huh? i know i’ve been awol for a spell, but...

[Red Badger]

ISWYDT! = I See What You Did There!.......................

[camle]

thanx for the translation, but you should smell what SHE did there

[Red Badger]

Variation is Post #13.................

[JohnnyP]

Watch it, that stuff goes everywhere.