worm-eaten

[wurm-eet-n]

adjective

1. eaten into or gnawed by worms.

2. impaired by time, decayed or antiquated.

worm-eaten

adjective

1. eaten into by worms

   a worm-eaten table

2. decayed; rotten

3. old-fashioned; antiquated

Other Word Forms

• unworm-eaten adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of worm-eaten¹

1350–1400; Middle English wormeten; worm, eat, -en ³