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worm-ridden

worm-ridden is the alternative form of wormridden.

Meaning of wormridden

Adjective

wormridden (comparative more wormridden, superlative most wormridden)

  1. Full of or parasitized by worms.
    • […] it has been again and again demonstrated that with a little care and slight expense an Apple orchard can be easily preserved from the attacks of caterpillars. But when a few keep these pests away by the use of simple preventives, their careless neighbors take no precautions and suffer their...1890 March 26, “Legislation Against the Gypsy Moth”, in Garden and Forest, page 150

Forms of worm-ridden

comparativemore worm-ridden
superlativemost worm-ridden

Origin of worm-ridden

From worm + -ridden.

Questions about worm-ridden

What is worm-ridden the alternative form of?
Worm-ridden is the alternative form of wormridden.

Words near worm-ridden in the dictionary

  1. worm-food
  2. worm-hole
  3. worm-holes
  4. worm-like
  5. worm-like chain
  6. worm-ridden
  7. worm-shell
  8. worm-shells
  9. worm-star
  10. wormable
  11. wormal

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