wormy

English

Etymology

From worm +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mi

Adjective

wormy (comparative wormier, superlative wormiest)

1. 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.

2. 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

• wormily
• worminess

Related terms

• earwormy

Translations

infested with worms

• Bulgarian: червив (červiv)
• Crimean Tatar: qurtlu
• Czech: červivý (cs) m
• Galician: vermioso
• Georgian: ჭიანი (č̣iani)
• German: wurmig
• Italian: bacato (it) m
• Pohnpeian: mwasan
• Portuguese: verminado m, bichado (pt) m
• Russian: черви́вый (ru) (červívyj)
• Spanish: agusanado (es)
• Turkish: kurtlu (tr)

Anagrams

• Mowry