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ver⋅min
[vur-min] 
–noun, plural ver⋅min.
| 1. | noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals collectively, esp. those of small size that appear commonly and are difficult to control, as flies, lice, bedbugs, cockroaches, mice, and rats. |
| 2. | an objectionable or obnoxious person, or such persons collectively. |
| 3. | animals that prey upon game, as coyotes or weasels. |
Origin:
1300–50; ME vermyne < AF, MF vermin, vermine < VL *verminum, *vermina, based on L vermin-; see verminate
1300–50; ME vermyne < AF, MF vermin, vermine < VL *verminum, *vermina, based on L vermin-; see verminate
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| ver·min (vûr'mĭn) n. pl. vermin
[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *vermīnum, from Latin vermis, worm; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Vermin
Ver"min\, n. sing. & pl.; used chiefly as plural. [OE. vermine, F. vermine, from L. vermis a worm; cf. LL. vermen a worm, L. verminosus full of worms. See Vermicular, Worm.]1. An animal, in general. [Obs.] Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and vermin, and worms, and fowls. --Acts x. 12. (Geneva Bible). This crocodile is a mischievous fourfooted beast, a dangerous vermin, used to both elements. --Holland. 2. A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc. "Cruel hounds or some foul vermin." --Chaucer. Great injuries these vermin, mice and rats, do in the field. --Mortimer. They disdain such vermin when the mighty boar of the forest . . . is before them. --Burke. 3. Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings. You are my prisoners, base vermin. --Hudibras.
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Language Translation for : vermin
Spanish:
parásito; chusma, gentuza,
German:
das Ungeziefer,
Japanese:
害虫
vermin
c.1300, "noxious animals," from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. vermin, from V.L. *verminum "vermin," possibly including bothersome insects, collective noun formed from L. vermis "worm" (see worm). Extended to "low, obnoxious people" by 1562.
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Main Entry: ver·min
Pronunciation: 'v&r-m&n
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural vermin
: small common harmful orobjectionable animals (as lice or fleas) that are difficult to control
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vermin ver·min (vûr'mĭn)
n. pl. vermin
Any of various small animals or insects, such as rats or cockroaches, that are destructive, annoying, or injurious to health.
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