wormy
Origin of wormy
1Other words from wormy
- worm·i·ness, noun
- un·worm·i·ness, noun
- un·worm·y, adjective
Words Nearby wormy
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How to use wormy in a sentence
They hope to turn that stuff into new, non-wormy, medicines.
How wriggling, blood-eating parasitic worms alter the body | Kathryn Hulick | November 3, 2022 | Science News For StudentsThe two girls cutting wormy apples at the door were the youngest, and the only ones that were left to her.
Cannon swore lustily that they might swallow the wormy-jelly themselves, and asked for some other potage.
Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II | VariousFruit butters may be made from good sound fruits or the sound portions of fruits which are wormy or have been bruised.
A Little Preserving Book for a Little Girl | Amy WatermanGather when matured, and when a few of the wormy full-grown ones begin to fall, but while they adhere somewhat firmly to the tree.
Soil Culture | J. H. Walden
Born all in the dark wormy earth, cold specks of fire, evil, lights shining in the darkness.
Ulysses | James Joyce
British Dictionary definitions for wormy
/ (ˈwɜːmɪ) /
worm-infested or worm-eaten
resembling a worm in appearance, ways, or condition
(of wood) having irregular small tunnels bored into it and tracked over its surface, made either by worms or artificially
low or grovelling
Derived forms of wormy
- worminess, noun
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