vermine

English

Noun

vermine

1. Obsolete form of vermin.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French vermine, from verm + -ine, or possibly a Vulgar Latin *verminum, from Latin vermis (“worm”).

Noun

vermine f (uncountable)

1. vermin (destructive creatures)
2. vermin (a contemptible person)

Derived terms

• vermineux

Further reading

• “vermine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Minerve

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

vermine

1. inflection of verminen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Noun

vermine

1. Alternative form of vermyn

Old French

Alternative forms

• vermin

Etymology

From verm + -ine, or possibly a Vulgar Latin *verminum, from Latin vermis (“worm”).

Noun

vermine oblique singular, f (oblique plural vermines, nominative singular vermine, nominative plural vermines)

1. vermin (any disliked creatures)

Descendants

• French: vermine
• → Middle English: vermyn, vermayne, vermine, vermyne
  • English: vermin, varmint
  • Scots: vermin, vermil