Wyrm

//wɜːm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A huge limbless and wingless dragon or dragonlike creature.
  2. 2
    A huge limbless and wingless dragon or dragonlike creature.; A sea serpent.

Synonyms

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dragon

Example

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"The domestic dragon is all that remains of the wild wyrm."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English wyrm. Doublet of worm, which was inherited.

Related phrases

sea serpent

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