Witworm

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, feeds on wit (possibly destroying it). obsolete

    "What hast thou done With thy poor innocent self […]Thus to come forth, so suddenly, a wit-worm?"

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"What hast thou done With thy poor innocent self […]Thus to come forth, so suddenly, a wit-worm?"

Etymology

From wit + worm.

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