squirmyadj.
/ˈskwəːmi/, U.S. /ˈskwərmi/ 1. Given to squirming or writhing; wriggly.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective] > wriggling > characterized by or given to
wriggling1608
squirmy1836
eely1862
wriggly1866
scriggly1888
1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. xv It makes them as squirmy as an eel.
1906 Macmillan's Mag. Sept. 810 You've got to put horrid squirmy things on to hooks.
2. Of the nature of a squirm.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective] > wriggling > of the nature of
squirmy1885
1885 R. C. Praed Affinities I. ii. 29 You can drive away the queer, squirmy sensation that has taken hold of me.
1922 E. Raymond Tell Eng. i. ii. 46 I felt a pleasing, squirmy excitement to think that we were to walk on to the..field in the company of the great Middlesex amateur.
1943 D. Powell Time to be Born (new ed.) viii. 182 It was a squirmy feeling and reminded Ken..that..the carapace should be a little thicker.
1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 57/1 One would never talk about true feelings—excessive piety is rather squirmy.
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