weevily

American  

[wee-vuh-lee] / ˈwi və li /

Also weevilly,

adjective

1. infested with weevils.

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Etymology

Origin of weevily

First recorded in 1750–60; weevil + -y ¹

Example Sentences

As chapters end--chapters of blood, crashing seas and weevily sea biscuit--the two are likely to take solace together, tormenting Locatelli or Boccherini.

From Time Magazine Archive

The microphone frame was vertically dipped in a cup of weevily wheat which had previously been warmed to rouse the larvae to activity.

From Time Magazine Archive

When she wasn’t fussing about him seeming glad to bring home the bent cans and weevily rice and flour we couldn’t sell at the store, she was complaining about his not having any get-up-and-go.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

But I won't have none of y'r weevily wheat, An' I won't have none of y'r barley, But have some flour in a half an hour To bake a cake for Charley.

From Prairie Folks by Garland, Hamlin

“I’ll show you,” said Father, and in a low, poisonous voice he added certain words which could not be made out, but which sounded curiously like “you great big fat weevily ham!”

From The Innocents A Story for Lovers by Lewis, Sinclair