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wormling|ˈwɜːmlɪŋ|
Also 7 wormeling, wormlin.
[f. worm n. + -ling. Cf. ON. yrmlingr.]
A small worm; chiefly fig., a poor despicable creature.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. ii. Imposture 498, O dusty wormling! dar'st thou strive and stand With Heav'ns high Monarch? 1612Shelton Quix. iii. iv. (1620) 149 God..doth not abandon the little flies of the aire, nor the wormelings of the earth, nor the spawnlings of the water. 1621R. Brathwait Nat. Embassie (1877) 14 Thou wormlin, how dar'st thou reuile his name? 1628Sir W. Mure Doomesday 185 Vile wormeling, Thou whose tender pride The weakest sunshine scarce couldst byde. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. etc. II. 129 The good and great, That lent a portion of their wealthy power, And sav'd a wormling from destruction's fate. 1858E. Caswall Masque of Mary etc. 179 The uncreated Word, who flesh became For us poor wormlings creeping on the ground. 1891C. Dawson Avonmore iv. 85 But if [there is] a God, what of the wormling man, Who madly dares impeach His awful will? |