verminy

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adjective

Resembling, characteristic of, or infested with vermin.

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Meanings

adjectiveverminy (comparative more verminy, superlative most verminy)

comparative more verminy · superlative most verminy

  1. Resembling, characteristic of, or infested with vermin.

    Then two Hindu fakirs stalk past, with long, frowsy, verminy locks, painted faces, naked bodies besmeared with ashes, with an iron trident in one hand and an empty gourd in the other.

    1887, Mrs. N. M. Mansell, “Sabbath Scenes”, in The Heathen Woman's Friend, volumes 19-20, page 236

Origin

From vermin + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Nemyriv
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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