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orm

Pronunciation: /oːˀrm/

“orm” is a Danish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. worm
  2. grub
  3. maggot
  4. snake

Etymology

From Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, cognate with English worm, German Wurm. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis, which is also the source of Latin vermis (“worm”).

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