16 December 2014

pullulate

[puhl-yuh-leyt]

verb (used without object), pullulated, pullulating.
1. to send forth sprouts, buds, etc.; germinate; sprout.
2. to breed, produce, or create rapidly.
3. to increase rapidly; multiply.
4. to exist abundantly; swarm; teem.
5. to be produced as offspring.

Origin

Latin

1610-1620; < Latin pullulātus (past participle of pullulāre to sprout), derivative of pullulus a sprout, young animal, diminutive of pullus; see pullet

Related forms
pullulation, noun

Anagram

pull a lute

Today’s aphorism

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.

– Isaac Asimov

On this day

16 December 1980 – death of Harlan Sanders who eventually becomes a Colonel and chickens throughout Kentucky, and ultimately the rest of the world, are never the same again as he invents Kentucky Fried Chicken. Born 9 September 1890.