eaceworm

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noun

An earthworm.

OriginMiddle English ees ← Old English ǣs →
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Meanings

nouneaceworm (plural eaceworms)

plural eaceworms

  1. New EnglandarchaicdialectalrareAn earthworm.

Origin

  1. Old Englishǣs
  2. Middle Englishees“bait, carrion”
  3. Englisheaceworm

Dialectal forms eace, easse (“earthworm”) (from Middle English ees (“bait, carrion”), from Old English ǣs) + worm. Akin to Old High German ās (“carrion”), Latin esca (“food, bait”), Lithuanian edesis (“food”), Old English etan (“to eat”) — more at eat.

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APA

eaceworm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eaceworm

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“eaceworm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eaceworm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eaceworm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eaceworm.

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