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ear·wig

Audio Help [eer-wig] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -wigged, -wig·ging.

–noun

1.	any of numerous elongate, nocturnal insects of the order Dermaptera, having a pair of large, movable pincers at the rear of the abdomen.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to fill the mind of with prejudice by insinuations.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME erwigge, OE éarwicga ear insect; from the notion that it enters people's ears. See wiggle

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ear·wig Audio Help   (îr'wĭg') Pronunciation Key
n.   Any of various elongate insects of the order Dermaptera, having a pair of pincerlike appendages protruding from the rear of the abdomen.

tr.v.   ear·wigged, ear·wig·ging, ear·wigs
To attempt to influence by persistent confidential argument or talk.

[Middle English erwig, from Old English ēarwicga : ēare, ear; see ear¹ + wicga, insect; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
earwig

(Forficula auricularia), O.E. earwicga, from eare (see ear (1)) + wicga "beetle, worm," probably related to wiggle. So called from the ancient and widespread (but false) belief that the garden pest went into people's ears.

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earwig
noun
any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
earwig [ˈiəwig] noun

a kind of insect with pincers at the end of its body

Arabic:	دُويبَة أبو مَقَص
Chinese (Simplified):	蠖螋
Chinese (Traditional):	蠼螋
Czech:	škvor
Danish:	ørentvist
Dutch:	oorworm
Estonian:	kõrvahark
Finnish:	isopihtihäntä
French:	perce-oreille
German:	der Ohrwurm
Greek:	ψαλίδα (το έντομο)
Hungarian:	fülbemászó (bogár)
Icelandic:	klaufhali, eyrnapadda
Indonesian:	kumbang
Italian:	forbicina

Japanese:	はさみ虫
Korean:	집게벌레
Latvian:	spīļaste
Lithuanian:	auslinda
Norwegian:	saksedyr
Polish:	szczypawka
Portuguese (Brazil):	lacrainha
Portuguese (Portugal):	bicha-cadela
Romanian:	urechelniţă
Russian:	уховёртка
Slovak:	ucholak
Slovenian:	strigalica
Spanish:	tijereta
Swedish:	tvestjärt
Turkish:	kulağakaçan böceği

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Earwig

Ear"wig`\, n. [AS. e['a]rwicga; e['a]re ear + wicga beetle, worm: cf. Prov. E. erri-wiggle.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) Any insect of the genus Forticula and related genera, belonging to the order Euplexoptera.

2. (Zo["o]l.) In America, any small chilopodous myriapod, esp. of the genus Geophilus.

Note: Both insects are so called from the supposition that they creep into the human ear.

3. A whisperer of insinuations; a secret counselor. --Johnson.

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Earwig

Ear"wig`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Earwigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Earwigging.] To influence, or attempt to influence, by whispered insinuations or private talk. "No longer was he earwigged by the Lord Cravens." --Lord Campbell.

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