wormier; wormiest
1
: containing, abounding in, or infested with or as if with worms
wormy flour
a wormy dog
2
: resembling or suggestive of a worm
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As part of the restoration, a front door was crafted from a piece of wormy 19th-century chestnut without the use of glue, relying, instead, on pegs to hold it together.
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Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
To her surprise, the skinny, wormy creature scrunched up the lower half of its body, then leapt onto the forest floor.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Without it, drug resistance will spread undetected before control programs can adapt, leading to a wormier world for everyone.
—Bradley Van Paridon, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
The common ancestor of us and ragworms--a wormy creature that lived 600 million years ago--not only had a brain, but had an ur-cortex.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 3 Sep. 2010
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Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
To her surprise, the skinny, wormy creature scrunched up the lower half of its body, then leapt onto the forest floor.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Without it, drug resistance will spread undetected before control programs can adapt, leading to a wormier world for everyone.
—Bradley Van Paridon, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
The common ancestor of us and ragworms--a wormy creature that lived 600 million years ago--not only had a brain, but had an ur-cortex.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 3 Sep. 2010
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“Wormy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wormy. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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wormy
adjective
wormier; wormiest
1
: containing, swarming with, or damaged by worms
wormy soil
wormy flour
2
: resembling or suggestive of a worm
wormy creatures
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