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verminy

verminy adjective: resembling, characteristic of, or infested with vermin.

Adjective

verminy (comparative more verminy, superlative most verminy)

  1. Resembling, characteristic of, or infested with vermin.
    • Then two Hindu fakirs stalk past, with long, frowsy, verminy locks, painted faces, naked bodies besmeared with ashes, with an iron trident in one hand and an empty gourd in the other.1887, Mrs. N. M. Mansell, “Sabbath Scenes”, in The Heathen Woman's Friend, volumes 19-20, page 236

Forms of verminy

comparativemore verminy
superlativemost verminy

Origin of verminy

From vermin + -y.

Questions about verminy

What does verminy mean?
Verminy means resembling, characteristic of, or infested with vermin.
What part of speech is verminy?
Verminy is an adjective.

Words near verminy in the dictionary

  1. verminproof
  2. verminproofed
  3. verminproofing
  4. verminproofs
  5. vermins
  6. verminy
  7. vermiparous
  8. vermiphobia
  9. vermipost
  10. vermis
  11. vermisol

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