ustulate

ustulate [adjective uhs-chuh-lit, -leyt; verb, uhs-chuh-leyt] Word Origin adjective

1. colored or blackened as if scorched.

verb (used with object), us·tu·lat·ed, us·tu·lat·ing.

2. Obsolete. to burn; sear; scorch.

Origin of ustulate 1615–25; Latin ūstulātus past participle of ūstulāre to scorch, burn, derivative of ūrere to burn; see -ate1