Wormwood
See also: wormwood
English
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Etymology
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Proper noun
[edit]Wormwood (countable and uncountable, plural Wormwoods)
- (Christianity) A star or angel that appears in the Book of Revelation, turning waters bitter and poisonous.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 8:10–11:
- And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
- A surname.
- 2013, Roald Dahl, Matilda, London: Puffin, →OCLC, page 86:
- Having got the address from the school records, Miss Honey set out to walk from her own home to the Wormwoods’ house shortly after nine.