† formiceObs.rare. [ad. L. formīca ant. Cf.OF.formiz, formis.] The ant. 1484Caxton Fables of æsop ii. xvii, A fable Of the ante or formyce and of the flye.1491― Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. xxxviii. 52 a/2 Salamon the whyche sente the slowthfull to the formices or Auntes.