worm
Pronunciation: /wurm/
“worm” is a Middle English word. Its 9 meanings in English:
noun
- An insect that infests organic matter (e.g. a maggot)
- A parasitic worm (especially of the stomach)
- A worm symbolising regret or malice.
- A dragon (mythological lizard)
- A monster that torments sinners in Hell.
- Any pestilential or creeping creature.
- A pauper, miser, or other contemptuous individual.
- Satan, the Devil.
- A muscle under a dog's tongue.
Etymology
From Old English wyrm, from Proto-West Germanic *wurmi, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis.
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