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wormiest

wormiest is the superlative form of wormy.

Meaning of wormy

Adjective

wormy (comparative wormier, superlative wormiest)

  1. Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms.
    • The Siamese boy brought in plates containing wormy shreds of over-fried egg, seasoned with blackened bits of onion.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 417
  2. Infested with worms.
    • I am your witness. If their Ladyships so much as mention the word FIRE or STEERPIKE, you shall take them with you under wormy ground.1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan

Questions about wormiest

What is wormiest the superlative form of?
Wormiest is the superlative form of wormy.

Words near wormiest in the dictionary

  1. Wormian bone
  2. Wormian bones
  3. wormicide
  4. wormicides
  5. wormier
  6. wormiest
  7. wormiform
  8. wormil
  9. wormils
  10. wormily
  11. worminess

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