What does wormy mean?

Definitions for wormy
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. vermiculate, worm-eaten, wormyadjective

    infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms

  2. cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormyadjective

    totally submissive

Wiktionary

  1. wormyadjective

    Of or like a worm or worms.

  2. wormyadjective

    Infested with worms.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Wormyadjective

    Full of worms.

    Etymology: from worm.

    Spirits that in crossways and floods have burial,
    Already to their wormy beds are gone. William Shakespeare.

    Yet can I not persuade me thou art dead,
    Or that thy corse corrupts in earth’s dark womb,
    Or that thy beauties lie in wormy bed. John Milton.

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  1. wormy

    Wormy generally refers to something that is infested, consumed, or damaged by worms or worm-like larvae. It can also be used metaphorically to refer to something that is decayed, rotten, or overcomplicated. The term can apply to objects, processes, or living things.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wormy

    containing a worm; abounding with worms

  2. Wormy

    like or pertaining to a worm; earthy; groveling

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wormy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wormy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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