wormling

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noun

A small or young worm.

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Meanings

nounwormling (plural wormlings)

plural wormlings

  1. A small or young worm.

    O dusty wormling! dar'st thou strive and stand / With Heav'ns high Monarch?

    1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, translated by Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson […]], published 1611, →OCLC
  2. broadlyAny weak, mean, or lowly creature.

    But I am a wormling, and not a man; the scorn of men, and derision of the people.

    1797, Alexander Geddes, A New Translation of the Book of Psalms, published 1807

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
wormlet

Origin

From worm + -ling. Compare Icelandic yrmlingur (“wormling”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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