Mawwormn.²

Brit.

/ˈmɔːwəːm/, U.S.

/ˈmɔˌwərm/,

/ˈmɑˌwərm/

Forms: 1800s maworm (irregular), 1800s– Mawworm, 1800s– mawworm.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Mawworm.

Etymology: < Mawworm, the name of a character in The Hypocrite (1768), a play by Isaac Bickerstaffe < maw-worm n.¹

Now rare.

A hypocritical pretender to sanctity.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [noun] > person

Pharisee1539

card gospeller1550

lip-gospeller?1556

saint1563

table-gospeller1570

separatist1620

Christera1650

canter1652

high-liver1715

cant1725

pietist1767

devil dodger1791

goody1816

creeping Jesusc1818

Mawworm1825

goody-two-shoes1843

Pecksniff1844

goody-goody1872

goody-good1879

lip-Christian1882

plaster saint1890

holy Willie1916

1825 in W. T. Moncrieff Giovanni in London (new ed.) (advt.) He has been denounced by the Maw-worm Stultus, who does the Theatrical Criticisms for Bell's Weekly Messenger.

1848 Sinks of London laid Open xi. 72 ‘Yes!’ snivelled a street-preacher..who could scarcely hold up his head for strong drink; ‘we are now entering upon the Lord's day’. ‘Aye,’ observed a spouting vagabond, ‘it is so, old Mawworm’.

1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 17 547/2 Can it be that these..wailings have in their motive something of the Maworm [sic] spirit, ‘I like to be despised’.

1861 J. Hollingshead in Good Words 441 We all know precisely what a mawworm is... He is a slimy villain.

1866 G. A. Sala Trip to Barbary vii. 130 There was a sanctified Mawworm expression, too, about this fellow.

1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. i. ii. 30 He would be the very Mawworm of bachelors who pretended [etc.].

1891 R. Buchanan Coming Terror 353 The Scapin of Politics walks hand-in-hand with the Mawworm of Morality.

Derivatives

ˈmawwormish adj. rare

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adjective]

pope-holya1387

Pharisaical1527

as holy (also as sick, as strong) as a horse1530

hypocritish1531

hypocritic1540

hypocritely1541

hypocritical1553

horse-holy?1589

sanctified1604

Pharisee-like1611

sanctimoniousa1616

Pharisaica1618

lip-holy1624

Bible-bearing1625

canting1663

unctuous1742

pietistical1753

pietical1782

goody-goody1785

goody1808

Sunday school1817

Pecksniffian1844

goodyish1848

goody-good1851

devil-dodging?1861

pietic1865

mawwormish1883

pietistic1884

mawwormy1885

pi1891

pietose1893

holier-than-thou1912

antimacassar1913

holy1958

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [adjective]

whiteda1225

hypocritec1380

papelarda1500

dissimuling?1518

dissembling1526

Pharisaical1527

hypocritish1531

masking1538

hypocritic1540

hypocritely1541

hypocritical1553

mimic1591

transom-eyed1601

tonguey1612

sanctimoniousa1616

Pharisaica1618

crocodilian1632

hypocrital1658

canting1663

double-minded1727

Tartufish1768

dissimulating1794

dissimulative1802

sawneying1808

sham-Abra(ha)m1828

Tartuffian1872

Pecksniffian1874

mawwormish1883

Chadbandian1908

1883 K. Blind in Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 488 Luther..was..no maw-wormish mar-joy.

ˈmawwormism n. rare

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [noun]

hypocrisy?c1225

pope-holya1425

saunteringc1440

pope-holiness1528

Pharisaism?1573

lip-holiness1591

lip-religion1597

hypocrism1605

lip-devotion1613

sanctimonya1618

lip-worship1656

sanctimoniousness1679

unction1692

sanctification1768

goodiness1808

pietism1829

lip-reverencec1843

Pecksniffery1848

mawwormism1850

goody-good1851

lip-homage1858

devil-dodging1866

goody-goodiness1868

goody-goodyism1868

piosity1883

unctuosity1884

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [noun]

hypocrisis?c1225

hypocrisy?c1225

pope-holya1425

Pharisaism?1573

Phariseeism1585

hypocriteness1602

hypocrism1605

double-mindednessa1627

Pharisaicalness1679

sanctimoniousness1679

Tartufism1688

Pecksniffery1848

mawwormism1850

Tartufferie1851

Pecksniffianism1860

Pecksniffism1867

snide1902

Chadbandism1923

snideness1942

snidery1953

snidiness1976

1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 17 547/2 Mawormism is a thing unknown north of the Tweed.

ˈmawwormy adj. rare

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adjective]

pope-holya1387

Pharisaical1527

as holy (also as sick, as strong) as a horse1530

hypocritish1531

hypocritic1540

hypocritely1541

hypocritical1553

horse-holy?1589

sanctified1604

Pharisee-like1611

sanctimoniousa1616

Pharisaica1618

lip-holy1624

Bible-bearing1625

canting1663

unctuous1742

pietistical1753

pietical1782

goody-goody1785

goody1808

Sunday school1817

Pecksniffian1844

goodyish1848

goody-good1851

devil-dodging?1861

pietic1865

mawwormish1883

pietistic1884

mawwormy1885

pi1891

pietose1893

holier-than-thou1912

antimacassar1913

holy1958

1885 in J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era (1909) 174/2 Without being mawwormy, I fail to see why a wreath should be presented to any man who makes a business of giving opera.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mawworm
释义	Mawwormn.² Brit. /ˈmɔːwəːm/, U.S. /ˈmɔˌwərm/, /ˈmɑˌwərm/ Forms: 1800s maworm (irregular), 1800s– Mawworm, 1800s– mawworm. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Mawworm. Etymology: < Mawworm, the name of a character in The Hypocrite (1768), a play by Isaac Bickerstaffe < maw-worm n.¹ Now rare. A hypocritical pretender to sanctity. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [noun] > person Pharisee1539 card gospeller1550 lip-gospeller?1556 saint1563 table-gospeller1570 separatist1620 Christera1650 canter1652 high-liver1715 cant1725 pietist1767 devil dodger1791 goody1816 creeping Jesusc1818 Mawworm1825 goody-two-shoes1843 Pecksniff1844 goody-goody1872 goody-good1879 lip-Christian1882 plaster saint1890 holy Willie1916 1825 in W. T. Moncrieff Giovanni in London (new ed.) (advt.) He has been denounced by the Maw-worm Stultus, who does the Theatrical Criticisms for Bell's Weekly Messenger. 1848 Sinks of London laid Open xi. 72 ‘Yes!’ snivelled a street-preacher..who could scarcely hold up his head for strong drink; ‘we are now entering upon the Lord's day’. ‘Aye,’ observed a spouting vagabond, ‘it is so, old Mawworm’. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 17 547/2 Can it be that these..wailings have in their motive something of the Maworm [sic] spirit, ‘I like to be despised’. 1861 J. Hollingshead in Good Words 441 We all know precisely what a mawworm is... He is a slimy villain. 1866 G. A. Sala Trip to Barbary vii. 130 There was a sanctified Mawworm expression, too, about this fellow. 1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. i. ii. 30 He would be the very Mawworm of bachelors who pretended [etc.]. 1891 R. Buchanan Coming Terror 353 The Scapin of Politics walks hand-in-hand with the Mawworm of Morality. Derivatives ˈmawwormish adj. rare ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adjective] pope-holya1387 Pharisaical1527 as holy (also as sick, as strong) as a horse1530 hypocritish1531 hypocritic1540 hypocritely1541 hypocritical1553 horse-holy?1589 sanctified1604 Pharisee-like1611 sanctimoniousa1616 Pharisaica1618 lip-holy1624 Bible-bearing1625 canting1663 unctuous1742 pietistical1753 pietical1782 goody-goody1785 goody1808 Sunday school1817 Pecksniffian1844 goodyish1848 goody-good1851 devil-dodging?1861 pietic1865 mawwormish1883 pietistic1884 mawwormy1885 pi1891 pietose1893 holier-than-thou1912 antimacassar1913 holy1958 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [adjective] whiteda1225 hypocritec1380 papelarda1500 dissimuling?1518 dissembling1526 Pharisaical1527 hypocritish1531 masking1538 hypocritic1540 hypocritely1541 hypocritical1553 mimic1591 transom-eyed1601 tonguey1612 sanctimoniousa1616 Pharisaica1618 crocodilian1632 hypocrital1658 canting1663 double-minded1727 Tartufish1768 dissimulating1794 dissimulative1802 sawneying1808 sham-Abra(ha)m1828 Tartuffian1872 Pecksniffian1874 mawwormish1883 Chadbandian1908 1883 K. Blind in Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 488 Luther..was..no maw-wormish mar-joy. ˈmawwormism n. rare ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [noun] hypocrisy?c1225 pope-holya1425 saunteringc1440 pope-holiness1528 Pharisaism?1573 lip-holiness1591 lip-religion1597 hypocrism1605 lip-devotion1613 sanctimonya1618 lip-worship1656 sanctimoniousness1679 unction1692 sanctification1768 goodiness1808 pietism1829 lip-reverencec1843 Pecksniffery1848 mawwormism1850 goody-good1851 lip-homage1858 devil-dodging1866 goody-goodiness1868 goody-goodyism1868 piosity1883 unctuosity1884 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [noun] hypocrisis?c1225 hypocrisy?c1225 pope-holya1425 Pharisaism?1573 Phariseeism1585 hypocriteness1602 hypocrism1605 double-mindednessa1627 Pharisaicalness1679 sanctimoniousness1679 Tartufism1688 Pecksniffery1848 mawwormism1850 Tartufferie1851 Pecksniffianism1860 Pecksniffism1867 snide1902 Chadbandism1923 snideness1942 snidery1953 snidiness1976 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 17 547/2 Mawormism is a thing unknown north of the Tweed. ˈmawwormy adj. rare ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adjective] pope-holya1387 Pharisaical1527 as holy (also as sick, as strong) as a horse1530 hypocritish1531 hypocritic1540 hypocritely1541 hypocritical1553 horse-holy?1589 sanctified1604 Pharisee-like1611 sanctimoniousa1616 Pharisaica1618 lip-holy1624 Bible-bearing1625 canting1663 unctuous1742 pietistical1753 pietical1782 goody-goody1785 goody1808 Sunday school1817 Pecksniffian1844 goodyish1848 goody-good1851 devil-dodging?1861 pietic1865 mawwormish1883 pietistic1884 mawwormy1885 pi1891 pietose1893 holier-than-thou1912 antimacassar1913 holy1958 1885 in J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era (1909) 174/2 Without being mawwormy, I fail to see why a wreath should be presented to any man who makes a business of giving opera. 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