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worm⋅y

[wur-mee]
–adjective, worm⋅i⋅er, worm⋅i⋅est.
1. containing a worm or worms; contaminated with worms.
2. damaged or bored into by worms; worm-eaten.
3. wormlike; groveling; low.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see worm, -y 1


worm⋅i⋅ness, noun
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worm·y   (wûr'mē)   
adj.   worm·i·er, worm·i·est
  1. Infested with or damaged by worms.

  2. Suggestive of a worm.

worm'i·ness n.
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