wormy
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)mi
Adjective
wormy (comparative wormier, superlative wormiest)
- Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms.
- 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 417:
- The Siamese boy brought in plates containing wormy shreds of over-fried egg, seasoned with blackened bits of onion.
- Infested with worms.
- 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan:
- I am your witness. If their Ladyships so much as mention the word FIRE or STEERPIKE, you shall take them with you under wormy ground.
Synonyms
- (of or like a worm): vermian, vermicular (in shape), vermiform (in shape)
- (infested with worms): worm-eaten, wormed, wormridden
Derived terms
Translations
infested with worms