verminousadj.

Brit.

/ˈvəːmᵻnəs/, U.S.

/ˈvərmənəs/

Etymology: < vermin n. + -ous suffix, or < Latin verminōsus (whence Old French verminous, vermenous, -eux, etc., = modern French vermineux, -euse, Italian verminoso, Spanish verminoso, Portuguese verminoso, Provençal vermenos) < vermis worm.

1. Of the nature of, consisting of, vermin; like or resembling vermin in character; noxious, objectionable, offensive:

a. Of animals or persons.

ΚΠ

1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss iv. iv Like that verminous labourer [sc. the mole], which thou imitat'st In hills of pride and malice.

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Changeling (1653) iii. sig. E4^v Do you place me in the rank of verminous fellows, To destroy things for wages?

1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 128 A Fowmart, a Polecat, is a noted Beast of this verminous kind.

1795–6 W. Wordsworth Borderers ii. 587 That soft class of devotees who..spare The verminous brood, and cherish what they spare While feeding on their bodies.

1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 177 Both in Russia and Poland I believe they [i.e. Jews] are a verminous population, preying upon others.

1887 A. C. Swinburne Stud. Prose & Poetry (1894) 140 He has exactly as much claim to a place beside Dante as any..other murderous and verminous muckworm.

b. Of things.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > [adjective]

bysenc1375

offensivea1548

nasty1548

beastly1584

whelpish1586

heathenish1592

viperous1593

vermin1602

verminousc1616

unchristian1630

verminian1640

rancida1646

verminly1653

spider-like1655

exceptionable1691

skunky1842

slaggy1943

schmucky1952

grotty1964

grody1965

c1616 G. Chapman tr. Homer Batrachomyomachia Ded. If yet the vile soul of the verminous time Love more the sale-muse and the squirrels chime.

1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 201/2 The smoky, verminous, unconcocted doctrine of passive obedience.

1884 R. Browning Sun in Ferishtah's Fancies 14 Fancies verminous Breed in the clots there.

2. Infested with, full of, vermin, esp. parasitic vermin; foul or offensive on this account.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > noxious or pestilential > infested with vermin

verminous1641

haunted1822

vermined1852

verminy1859

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective]

verminous1641

haunted1822

vermined1852

verminy1859

infested1893

1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 11 Searching among the verminous, and polluted rags dropt overworn from the toyling shoulders of Time.

a1652 R. Brome Court Begger i. i. sig. N8^v, in Five New Playes (1653) Note the necessity, that they [sc.perruques] be well made Of..No verminous or sluttish locks or combings, But [etc.].

a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 230 He..found that divers drugs, salves, and..especially ointments, were verminous.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 314 In these tropical climates also,..drugs and plaisters lose their virtue, and become verminous.

1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) III. 128 The lively companions of a verminous bed.

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Oct. 1/2 A verminous, over-crowded vagrant ward.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 866 In ‘verminous persons’ the hair is sometimes matted together by pus, nits, scales and scabs.

in extended use.1861 C. Dickens Tom Tiddler's Ground i, in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 12 Dec. 2/2 How long he had held verminous occupation of his blanket and skewer.

3. Tending to breed vermin. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > producing vermin

verminous1666

verminating1720

vermiparous1860

1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus 39 A wasting of their [sc. children's] flesh..must depend upon some obstruction of the Entrails, or Verminous disposition of body.

a. Of diseases, or morbid conditions, etc.: Caused by, due to, characterized by the presence of, parasitic vermin or intestinal worms.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of bowels or intestines > [adjective] > infestation by parasites > caused by

verminous1666

verminose1747

vermicular1794

1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus 35 Of a Verminous Consumption.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician x. 366/2 Their hypothesis is sufficiently known, concerning verminous putrefaction.

1733 J. B. tr. A. Belloste Hosp. Surgeon Vol. II (ed. 2) 71 Pestilence, Small-pox and all Verminous diseases.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica i. ii. 25 You may now frequently observe..ladies, poisoned with bark in verminous inflammations.

1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 837 The lead..might, by its weight, assist in removing the verminous filth, especially as the bowels were made slippery by the oil.

1832 Barker Lemprière's Classical Dict. (ed. 2) at Æthiopia Almost all these people die of verminous diseases produced by this food.

1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. vii. 332 Some families appear to be more predisposed to verminous affections than others.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 1033 There have been many instances of verminous abscess recorded.

b. Of persons: Subject to vermin or intestinal worms.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of bowels or intestines > [adjective] > infestation by parasites

wormy1599

vermified1666

hydatid1826

vermigerous1853

helminthous1854

trichinous1857

verminous1860

trichiniferous1864

trichinatous1870

trichinosed1881

filarious1883

filariated1884

trichinotic1889

onchocercotic1918

schistosomial1934

1860 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 974/2 Females may be more verminous than males.

c. verminous bronchitis n. = hoose n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [noun] > coughing or wheezing

hoosea1722

hoosing1846

verminous bronchitis1925

1925 Vet. Rec. 19 Dec. 1137/1 Parasitic bronchitis is also known as husk, hoose, verminous bronchitis, or paper skin. It is a bronchial irritation, arising from the presence in the air passages of nematode parasites.

1970 W. H. Parker Health & Dis. Farm Animals xx. 268 This is the first sign of the disease known as Husk, or Verminous Bronchitis.

Derivatives

ˈverminously adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by nature > [adverb] > relating to vermin

verminously1847

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > [adverb]

offensively1576

spider-like1604

verminously1847

fetidly1869

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adverb]

nittilya1627

verminously1847

1847 Eclectic Rev. Nov. 528 Lies cluster together verminously.

1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Verminously unclean.

ˈverminousness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > loss of material > worm-eaten state

worm-eatenness1615

verminationa1631

verminousness1727

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Verminousness, Fulness of Worms, Worm-eatenness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	verminous
释义	verminousadj. Brit. /ˈvəːmᵻnəs/, U.S. /ˈvərmənəs/ Etymology: < vermin n. + -ous suffix, or < Latin verminōsus (whence Old French verminous, vermenous, -eux, etc., = modern French vermineux, -euse, Italian verminoso, Spanish verminoso, Portuguese verminoso, Provençal vermenos) < vermis worm. 1. Of the nature of, consisting of, vermin; like or resembling vermin in character; noxious, objectionable, offensive: a. Of animals or persons. ΚΠ 1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss iv. iv Like that verminous labourer [sc. the mole], which thou imitat'st In hills of pride and malice. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Changeling (1653) iii. sig. E4^v Do you place me in the rank of verminous fellows, To destroy things for wages? 1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 128 A Fowmart, a Polecat, is a noted Beast of this verminous kind. 1795–6 W. Wordsworth Borderers ii. 587 That soft class of devotees who..spare The verminous brood, and cherish what they spare While feeding on their bodies. 1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 177 Both in Russia and Poland I believe they [i.e. Jews] are a verminous population, preying upon others. 1887 A. C. Swinburne Stud. Prose & Poetry (1894) 140 He has exactly as much claim to a place beside Dante as any..other murderous and verminous muckworm. b. Of things. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > [adjective] bysenc1375 offensivea1548 nasty1548 beastly1584 whelpish1586 heathenish1592 viperous1593 vermin1602 verminousc1616 unchristian1630 verminian1640 rancida1646 verminly1653 spider-like1655 exceptionable1691 skunky1842 slaggy1943 schmucky1952 grotty1964 grody1965 c1616 G. Chapman tr. Homer Batrachomyomachia Ded. If yet the vile soul of the verminous time Love more the sale-muse and the squirrels chime. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 201/2 The smoky, verminous, unconcocted doctrine of passive obedience. 1884 R. Browning Sun in Ferishtah's Fancies 14 Fancies verminous Breed in the clots there. 2. Infested with, full of, vermin, esp. parasitic vermin; foul or offensive on this account. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > noxious or pestilential > infested with vermin verminous1641 haunted1822 vermined1852 verminy1859 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] verminous1641 haunted1822 vermined1852 verminy1859 infested1893 1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 11 Searching among the verminous, and polluted rags dropt overworn from the toyling shoulders of Time. a1652 R. Brome Court Begger i. i. sig. N8^v, in Five New Playes (1653) Note the necessity, that they [sc.perruques] be well made Of..No verminous or sluttish locks or combings, But [etc.]. a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 230 He..found that divers drugs, salves, and..especially ointments, were verminous. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 314 In these tropical climates also,..drugs and plaisters lose their virtue, and become verminous. 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) III. 128 The lively companions of a verminous bed. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Oct. 1/2 A verminous, over-crowded vagrant ward. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 866 In ‘verminous persons’ the hair is sometimes matted together by pus, nits, scales and scabs. in extended use.1861 C. Dickens Tom Tiddler's Ground i, in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 12 Dec. 2/2 How long he had held verminous occupation of his blanket and skewer. 3. Tending to breed vermin. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > producing vermin verminous1666 verminating1720 vermiparous1860 1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus 39 A wasting of their [sc. children's] flesh..must depend upon some obstruction of the Entrails, or Verminous disposition of body. 4. a. Of diseases, or morbid conditions, etc.: Caused by, due to, characterized by the presence of, parasitic vermin or intestinal worms. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of bowels or intestines > [adjective] > infestation by parasites > caused by verminous1666 verminose1747 vermicular1794 1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus 35 Of a Verminous Consumption. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician x. 366/2 Their hypothesis is sufficiently known, concerning verminous putrefaction. 1733 J. B. tr. A. Belloste Hosp. Surgeon Vol. II (ed. 2) 71 Pestilence, Small-pox and all Verminous diseases. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica i. ii. 25 You may now frequently observe..ladies, poisoned with bark in verminous inflammations. 1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 837 The lead..might, by its weight, assist in removing the verminous filth, especially as the bowels were made slippery by the oil. 1832 Barker Lemprière's Classical Dict. (ed. 2) at Æthiopia Almost all these people die of verminous diseases produced by this food. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. vii. 332 Some families appear to be more predisposed to verminous affections than others. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 1033 There have been many instances of verminous abscess recorded. b. Of persons: Subject to vermin or intestinal worms. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of bowels or intestines > [adjective] > infestation by parasites wormy1599 vermified1666 hydatid1826 vermigerous1853 helminthous1854 trichinous1857 verminous1860 trichiniferous1864 trichinatous1870 trichinosed1881 filarious1883 filariated1884 trichinotic1889 onchocercotic1918 schistosomial1934 1860 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 974/2 Females may be more verminous than males. c. verminous bronchitis n. = hoose n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [noun] > coughing or wheezing hoosea1722 hoosing1846 verminous bronchitis1925 1925 Vet. Rec. 19 Dec. 1137/1 Parasitic bronchitis is also known as husk, hoose, verminous bronchitis, or paper skin. It is a bronchial irritation, arising from the presence in the air passages of nematode parasites. 1970 W. H. Parker Health & Dis. Farm Animals xx. 268 This is the first sign of the disease known as Husk, or Verminous Bronchitis. Derivatives ˈverminously adv. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by nature > [adverb] > relating to vermin verminously1847 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > [adverb] offensively1576 spider-like1604 verminously1847 fetidly1869 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adverb] nittilya1627 verminously1847 1847 Eclectic Rev. Nov. 528 Lies cluster together verminously. 1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Verminously unclean. ˈverminousness n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > loss of material > worm-eaten state worm-eatenness1615 verminationa1631 verminousness1727 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Verminousness, Fulness of Worms, Worm-eatenness. 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