Wormling

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small or young worm.

    "O dusty wormling! dar'st thou strive and stand / With Heav'ns high Monarch?"

  2. 2
    Any weak, mean, or lowly creature. broadly

    "But I am a wormling, and not a man; the scorn of men, and derision of the people."

Synonyms

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wormletwormlet

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"O dusty wormling! dar'st thou strive and stand / With Heav'ns high Monarch?"

Etymology

From worm + -ling. Compare Icelandic yrmlingur (“wormling”).

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