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witworms

witworms is the plural of witworm.

Meaning of witworm

Noun

witworm (plural witworms)

  1. (obsolete) One who, or that which, feeds on wit (possibly destroying it).
    • What hast thou done With thy poor innocent self […]Thus to come forth, so suddenly, a wit-worm?1611, Ben[jamin] Jonson, Catiline His Conspiracy, London: […] [William Stansby?] for Walter Burre, →OCLC, (please specify the page)

Questions about witworms

What is witworms the plural of?
Witworms is the plural of witworm.

Words near witworms in the dictionary

  1. witwantoning
  2. witwantons
  3. Witwatersrand
  4. Witwer
  5. witworm
  6. witworms
  7. witz-choura
  8. witz-chouras
  9. witzchoura
  10. witzchouras
  11. Witzel

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