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weevily

[wee-vuh-lee]

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adjective

infested with weevils.

Also wee·vil·ly, wee·viled, wee·villed

[wee-vuh ld] /ˈwi vəld/.

Origin of weevily

First recorded in 1750–60; weevil + -y¹

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for weevily

Historical Examples of weevily

And there was the usual "weevily hardtack" in the bread-barge.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea
Morgan Robertson
And you squeezed the poor devils all the harder for your weevily corn and shoddy boots?
The Missourian
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
Sport began again in the Dudley farm-house by a dozen or so of the young people "forming on" for "Weevily Wheat."
Prairie Folks
Hamlin Garland
He could hoist out facts and figures as easily as you would fling a weevily biscuit to leeward.
In Eastern Seas
J. J. Smith