Definitions for earwig

earwig ear·wig

Spelling: [eer-wig]
IPA: /ˈɪərˌwɪg/

Earwig is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in earwig (aegirw).

Definitions for earwig

noun

  1. any of numerous elongate, nocturnal insects of the order Dermaptera, having a pair of large, movable pincers at the rear of the abdomen.

verb (used with object)

  1. to fill the mind of with prejudice by insinuations.

Origin of earwig

before 1000; Middle English erwigge, Old English ēarwicga ear insect; from the notion that it enters people's ears. See wiggle

Examples for earwig

The earwig is not more likely than any other insect to enter the ear.

This is equivalent to writing a natural history and leading off with panther and earwig.

From an earwig I obtained a filaria nearly five inches in length.

I must devote a short division of this chapter to the earwig.

I cannot really believe I am going to be an earwig or an emperor.

Neither man nor horse can enter, in this respect, into competition with the earwig.

(i) Reincarnation, as an earwig, or a Hottentot, or an emperor.

The care of the earwig not only extends to her eggs, but also to her young larv.

What shall I, this Me, do when I am an earwig or an emperor?

She had the intense maternal instinct and the brain, such as it is, of an earwig.

Word Value for earwig
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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