verminiferousadj.
rare.
Breeding or producing vermin. Also figurative.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [adjective]
theowlikec1175
wickc1175
wretcha1200
lechera1300
vilea1300
feeblea1325
brothely1330
caitiffa1400
roinousa1425
basec1450
harlotry1486
filthy1533
brockish1546
vild1568
tinkerly?1576
scabbed?1577
miscreant1593
unnoble1593
slavish1597
rascally1600
roguish1601
sordidous1602
facinoriousa1616
scullion1658
dirty1670
shabbed1674
shabby1679
scoundrel1681
scabby1712
verminating1720
small1824
low-down1865
verminiferous1895
ragtime1917
ribby1936
raunchy1937
scungy1966
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > producing vermin
verminating1720
verminiferous1895
1895 Farrar in Clarion 9 Nov. 1/2 Places horrible to live in,..foul with..gin, and verminiferous dirt.
1898 F. W. Farrar One Flock, Many Folds 53 I usually commit these verminiferous fragments [R.C. newspaper cuttings] to the purging flame unread.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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