vermiculoseadj.
rare.† 1. Of the pulse: = vermicular adj. 1b. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > pulsation > [adjective] > types of pulsation
slowa1398
stronga1398
throbbinga1450
systematical1658
long1671
natant1707
undose1707
vermiculose1707
exalted1742
salienta1791
inciduous1822
fluttering1834
sharp1843
sluggish1843
tricrotic1876
tricrotous1877
bounding1879
short1898
quadrigeminal1906
plateau1923
1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 124 The Pulse is languid, slow, vermiculose if without a Fever.
2. Infested with worms; worm-like. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with worms
wormy1600
vermiculate1605
vermicular1655
vermiculous?1691
vermiculose1727
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [adjective] > consisting of > infested with
wormy1600
vermiculous?1691
vermiculose1727
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [adjective] > resembling or of the nature of
vermiform1730
vermicular1784
vermiculous1818
vermiculose1847
helminthoid1854
scolecoid1858
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Vermiculose, full of worms.
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Vermiculose, 1. full of worms or grubs. 2. resembling worms. [Hence in later Dicts.]
Derivatives
vermicuˈlosity n. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Vermiculosity, Abundance or Fulness of Worms.
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