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From {{inh|en|enm|worm}}, {{m|enm|werm}}, {{m|enm|wurm}}, {{m|enm|wirm}}, from {{inh|en|ang|wyrm|t=snake, worm}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wurmiz}}, from {{inh|en|ine-pro|*wr̥mis}}, possibly from {{m|ine-pro|*wer-|t=to turn}}. Cognate with {{cog|nl|worm}}, {{cog|fy|wjirm}}, {{cog|de|Wurm}}, {{cog|da|orm}}. Indo-European cognates include {{cog|la|vermis|t=worm}}, {{cog|lt|var̃mas|t=insect, midge}}, {{cog|sq|rrime|t=rainworm}}, {{cog|grc|ῥόμος|t=woodworm}}. First computer usage by John Brunner in his 1975 book ''[[w:The Shockwave Rider|The Shockwave Rider]]''. |
From {{inh|en|enm|worm}}, {{m|enm|werm}}, {{m|enm|wurm}}, {{m|enm|wirm}}, from {{inh|en|ang|wyrm|t=snake, worm}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wurmiz}}, from {{inh|en|ine-pro|*wr̥mis}}, possibly from {{m|ine-pro|*wer-|t=to turn}}. Cognate with {{cog|nl|worm}}, {{cog|fy|wjirm}}, {{cog|de|Wurm}}, {{cog|da|orm}}, {{cog|no|orm}}. Indo-European cognates include {{cog|la|vermis|t=worm}}, {{cog|lt|var̃mas|t=insect, midge}}, {{cog|sq|rrime|t=rainworm}}, {{cog|grc|ῥόμος|t=woodworm}}. First computer usage by John Brunner in his 1975 book ''[[w:The Shockwave Rider|The Shockwave Rider]]''. |
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Doublet of {{m|en|wyrm}}, which is a fairly recent borrowing directly from the Old English. |
Doublet of {{m|en|wyrm}}, which is a fairly recent borrowing directly from the Old English. |
Revision as of 21:19, 21 December 2017
English
Etymology
From Middle English worm, werm, wurm, wirm, from Old English wyrm (“snake, worm”), from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis, possibly from *wer- (“to turn”). Cognate with Dutch worm, West Frisian wjirm, German Wurm, Danish orm, Norwegian orm. Indo-European cognates include Latin vermis (“worm”), Lithuanian var̃mas (“insect, midge”), Albanian rrime (“rainworm”), Ancient Greek ῥόμος (rhómos, “woodworm”). First computer usage by John Brunner in his 1975 book The Shockwave Rider.
Doublet of wyrm, which is a fairly recent borrowing directly from the Old English.
Pronunciation
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Noun
worm (plural worms)
- A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
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- More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms.
- (archaic) A type of wingless "dragon", especially a gigantic sea serpent.[1]
- (fantasy, science fiction) Either a mythical "dragon" (especially wingless),[2] a gigantic sea serpent, or a creature that resembles a Mongolian death worm.[3]
- A contemptible or devious being.
- Don't try to run away, you little worm!
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Psalms 22:6,[1]
- But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
- (computing) A self-replicating program that propagates through a network.
- (cricket) A graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings.
- Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
- Moxon
- The threads of screws, when bigger than can be made in screw plates, are called worms.
- A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
- The spiral wire of a corkscrew.
- (anatomy) A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.
- The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space.
- A short revolving screw whose threads drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel or rack by gearing into its teeth.
- Moxon
- (obsolete) Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar.
- 1561, Geneva Bible, Acts 28:3-4,[2]
- And when Paul had gathered a nomber of stickes, & laid them on the fyre, there came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his hand. Now when the Barbarians sawe the worme hang on his hand, they said among them selues This man surely is a murtherer, whome, thogh he hathe escaped the sea, yet Vengeance hathe not suffred to liue.
- c. 1609, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act III, Scene 4,[3]
- […] No, ’tis slander,
- Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue
- Outvenoms all the worms of Nile […]
- 1867, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (translator), The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, Boston: Ticknor & Fields, Volume I, Inferno, Canto 6, lines 22-24, p. 35,[4]
- When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm!
- His mouth he opened and displayed his tusks;
- Not a limb had he that was motionless.
- 1561, Geneva Bible, Acts 28:3-4,[2]
- (figuratively) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act I, Scene 3,[5]
- The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act I, Scene 3,[5]
- (mathematics) A strip of linked tiles sharing parallel edges in a tiling.
- (anatomy) The lytta.
Usage notes
Although the use of the "worm" to mean "dragon" or "serpent" is archaic, those meanings are in current use in the word "wyrm" which is a doublet of "worm". Wyrm is a fairly recent borrowing directly from the Old English.
Derived terms
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References
- ^ Sea serpent at Wikipedia
- ^ Dragon (Middle-earth) at Wikipedia
- ^ Sandworm (Dune) at Wikipedia
Verb
worm (third-person singular simple present worms, present participle worming, simple past and past participle wormed)
- (transitive) To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.
- We wormed our way through the underbrush.
- (intransitive) To move with one's body dragging the ground.
- 1919, William Joseph Long, How animals talk: and other pleasant studies of birds and beast
- Inch by inch I wormed along the secret passageway, flat to the ground, not once raising my head, hardly daring to pull a full breath […].
- 1919, William Joseph Long, How animals talk: and other pleasant studies of birds and beast
- (intransitive, figuratively) To work one's way by artful or devious means.
- George Herbert (1593-1633)
- When debates and fretting jealousy / Did worm and work within you more and more, / Your colour faded.
- George Herbert (1593-1633)
- (transitive, figuratively) To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.
- He wormed his way into the organization
- To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; often followed by out.
- Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
- They find themselves wormed out of all power.
- Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
- (transitive, figuratively, in “worm out of”) To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly). Often combined with expressions such as "It's like pulling teeth" or "It's like getting blood out of a stone".
- Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
- They […] wormed things out of me that I had no desire to tell.
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- He nodded. "Mum's the word, Mrs. Bunting! It'll all be in the last editions of the evening newspapers—it can't be kep' out. There'd be too much of a row if twas!" ¶ "Are you going off to that public-house now?" she asked. ¶ "I've got a awk'ard job—to try and worm something out of the barmaid."
- Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
- (transitive, nautical) To fill in the contlines of (a rope) before parcelling and serving.
- Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.
- 1841, Benjamin J. Totten, Naval Text-Book:
- Ropes […] are generally wormed before they are served.
- (transitive) To deworm (an animal).
- (transitive) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw, and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
- Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
- The men assisted the laird in his sporting parties, wormed his dogs, and cut the ears of his terrier puppies.
- Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
- (transitive) To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.
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See also
References
- [6] The Free Dictionary, Farlex Inc., 2010.
Anagrams
Cornish
Adjective
worm
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Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Dutch *wurm, *worm, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Compare English worm, West Frisian wjirm, German Wurm, Danish orm.
Pronunciation
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Noun
worm m (plural wormen, diminutive wormpje n)
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See also
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
worm m (plural s)
- (computer security) worm (self-replicating program)
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