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etymology [edit ]
From Middle English worm, werm, wurm, wirm, from Old English wyrm ( “ worm, snake ” ), from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis, possibly from *wer- ( “ to turn ” ). Cognate with Dutch worm, West Frisian wjirm, German Wurm, Danish orm, norwegian orm. indo-european cognates include Latin vermis ( “ worm ” ), lithuanian var̃mas ( “ worm, midge ” ), albanian rrime ( “ rainworm ” ), Ancient Greek ῥόμος ( rhómos, “ woodworm ” ). First calculator use by John Brunner in his 1975 reserve The Shockwave Rider. Doublet of wyrm, which is a reasonably holocene borrowing immediately from the Old English.
Reading: worm – Wiktionary
pronunciation [edit ]
A worm
noun [edit ]
worm ( plural worms )
use notes [edit ]
- It is common to use the plural form worms to refer to intestinal or other internal parasites.
- Although the use of the “worm” to mean “dragon” or “serpent” is archaic, those meanings are in current use in the word “wyrm” which is a doublet of “worm”. Wyrm is a fairly recent borrowing directly from the Old English.
Derived terms [edit ]
Terms derived from worm ( noun )
Translations [edit ]
cricket term
dragon or fabulous serpent
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home tormenter
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verb [edit ]
worm ( third-person singular simple present worms, present participle worming, simple past and past participle wormed )
Translations [edit ]
( nautical ) to fill in the contlines of a rope before parcel and serve
to bring around of intestinal worms
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to work one ‘s room by artful or devious means
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References [edit ]
- [4] The Free Dictionary, Farlex Inc., 2010.
Anagrams [edit ]
cornish [edit ]
adjective [edit ]
worm
- gorm soft mutation of
dutch [edit ]
option forms [edit ]
pronunciation [edit ]
- IPA(key): /ʋɔrm/
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audio - Hyphenation: worm
- Rhymes: -ɔrm
etymology 1 [edit ]
From Middle Dutch worm, from Old Dutch *wurm, *worm, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Compare English worm, West Frisian wjirm, German Wurm, Danish orm .
noun [edit ]
worm thousand ( plural wormen, diminutive wormpje nitrogen )
- worm, slang term for versatile, by and large legless invertebrates ; often nematodes or legless arthropod larva .
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Descendants [edit ]
- Afrikaans: wurm
- Berbice Creole Dutch: worum
- Negerhollands: worm, wurum
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etymology 2 [edit ]
See the etymology of the comparable lemma form .
verb [edit ]
worm
Middle English [edit ]
alternative forms [edit ]
etymology [edit ]
From Old English wyrm, from Proto-West Germanic *wurmi, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis .
pronunciation [edit ]
noun [edit ]
worm ( plural wormes or wormen )
- A worm
- A wormish insect that damages plants or plant-based material ( e.g. a termite ).
- A wormish insect that damages human remains.
- A parasitic wormstomach.
- A crawling animal; an animal that moves upon the ground.
- An animal regarded as harmful and annoying.
- A snake or snake-like monster.
- A dragon, drake, or wyrm ( fabulous fire-breathing winged lizard )
- A beast that inhabits Hell; causing suffering to its inhabitants.
- A pauper, miser, or other contemptuous individual.
- regret, forgiveness; the twanging of the heartstrings.
- evil, malice; that which promotes maliciousness.
- (biblical ) The snake of Eden.
- (Christianity, rare ) Satan, the Devil.
- (, rare veterinary ) A muscle underneath the tongue of a dog seen as increasing the risk of rabies.
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References
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portuguese [edit ]
etymology [edit ]
Unadapted borrowing from English worm .
pronunciation [edit ]
noun [edit ]
worm megabyte ( plural worms )