Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a cortex or a similar specialized outer layer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a cortex; coated with bark or a bark-like covering; having a rind, as an orange.
- Pertaining to or having the characters of the Corticata.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Sheathed inbark or in acortex .
Etymologies
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Latin corticatus.
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Examples
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I also have a fuzzy impression that if your OpenVPN server uses a certificate from a third party CA, then anyone else with a corticate from that CA can also connect.
The FreeBSD Diary 2009
gangerh commented on the word corticate
I've developed a corticate roughness,
A cover like bark, and a toughness
To thwart the attacks
Of my foes—but relax.
There's a softie beneath all this gruffness
(Chris Doyle)
May 15, 2009