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wormridden

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Full of or parasitized by worms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1959, Richard Harwood, “East Kentucky’s Mountain—No. 3.—Mountain Areas Make Progress in War on Sickness, Poverty, Dirt,” Louisville Times, 18 February, 1959, cited in U.S. Senate, 86th Congress, Session 1, Area Redevelopment Act. Hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, p. 650, The children inside are wormridden and indescribably filthy.

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History

Etymology

From worm + ridden.