worm-eaten
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]worm-eaten (comparative more worm-eaten, superlative most worm-eaten)
- Of fruit or other food, eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 36:
- Once upon a time there was a lad, who went along a road cracking nuts. He happened to find one which was worm-eaten, and shortly afterwards he met the devil.
- (figuratively, by extension) Rotten or decrepit.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside
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