verminous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɜː.mɪ.nəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɝ.mɪ.nəs/
Adjective[edit]
verminous (comparative more verminous, superlative most verminous)
- Infested with vermin.
- The old beggar kept a verminous mongrel dog for a pet.
- The dog was constantly scratching his many verminous sores and welts.
- Actively unpleasant, contemptible, or otherwise reminiscent of vermin.
- 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1350:
- They had brought all their own equipment with them, trade by trade, tongue by tongue; they travelled in ancient lorries or in slower carts with their verminous armfuls of keen-eyed children.