mammillate

adjective

mam·​mil·​late

ˈmaməˌlāt

variants or mammillated

-ātə̇d 

or less commonly mamillate

-āt

or mamillated

-ātə̇d

1

: having nipples or small protuberances like nipples

2

a

: having the form of a bluntly rounded protuberance

b

usually mammillated : having a hummocky rock surface with many smoothly rounded knobs or mounds formed especially as a result of glacial erosion

the mammillated variety of glaciated surface

—C. A. Cotton

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin mammillatus, mamillatus, from Latin mammilla, mamilla breast, nipple + -atus -ate, -ated

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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