† wortwormn.

Forms: see wort n.¹ and worm n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wort n.¹, worm n.

Etymology: < wort n.¹ + worm n.

Obsolete.

A larva that feeds on cabbages or similar plants. Cf. cabbage worm n. at cabbage n.¹ Compounds 4, cole-worm n. at cole n.¹ Compounds 2.In quot. 1633, perhaps a type of beetle or aphid.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [noun] > larva > that eats or destroys plants

leaf wormOE

wortworma1382

cole-worm1468

cole-wort worm1552

devil's gold ring1552

canker-blossom1600

peach-worm1814

knife-worm1860

hop-dog1872

nettle grub1890

a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vii. l. 53 Ioel..discriuiþ þe lond..wastyd þoru þe woorte [altered from cale] worme.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Joel i. 4 A locuste eet the residue of a worte worm [L. residuum erucæ].

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 532 Wort wyrme, þat etythe wortys, eruca.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 880 Tak Iuce of hennebane With sour aysel,..Ereither wol be wortwormys [emended in ed. to wortewormys] bane.

1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. ij^v In August take wortwormes & magotes.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 767/11 Eruga, wurtwurme.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 290/2 Worte worme.

1633 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata (ed. 2) xviii. §215 Grasse-wormes or Wort-wormes [L. canthari] [Fr. Cantharides]..are flying.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wortworm
释义	† wortwormn. Forms: see wort n.¹ and worm n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wort n.¹, worm n. Etymology: < wort n.¹ + worm n. Obsolete. A larva that feeds on cabbages or similar plants. Cf. cabbage worm n. at cabbage n.¹ Compounds 4, cole-worm n. at cole n.¹ Compounds 2.In quot. 1633, perhaps a type of beetle or aphid. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [noun] > larva > that eats or destroys plants leaf wormOE wortworma1382 cole-worm1468 cole-wort worm1552 devil's gold ring1552 canker-blossom1600 peach-worm1814 knife-worm1860 hop-dog1872 nettle grub1890 a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vii. l. 53 Ioel..discriuiþ þe lond..wastyd þoru þe woorte [altered from cale] worme. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Joel i. 4 A locuste eet the residue of a worte worm [L. residuum erucæ]. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 532 Wort wyrme, þat etythe wortys, eruca. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 880 Tak Iuce of hennebane With sour aysel,..Ereither wol be wortwormys [emended in ed. to wortewormys] bane. 1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. ij^v In August take wortwormes & magotes. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 767/11 Eruga, wurtwurme. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 290/2 Worte worme. 1633 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata (ed. 2) xviii. §215 Grasse-wormes or Wort-wormes [L. canthari] [Fr. Cantharides]..are flying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1382
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