Definitions for verminous

verminous ver·min·ous

Spelling: [vur-muh-nuh s]
IPA: /ˈvɜr mə nəs/

Verminous is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 491 anagrams from letters in verminous (eimnorsuv).

Definitions for verminous

adjective

  1. of the nature of or resembling vermin.
  2. of, relating to, or caused by vermin:
  3. infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin:

Origin of verminous

1610-20; Latin verminōsus infested with maggots; see verminate, -ous

Examples for verminous

The vessel was verminous, the food was bad, and the heat was oppressive.

These men were ravenous and verminous, but they had by no means lost their hope and faith.

She has certain exploratory movements which convince me she is verminous.

There is nothing for it but to throw the loathsome, verminous thing away.

They were dirty and verminous, and spread infectious diseases.

They have been known to enter human dwellings, removing all the verminous insects contained therein.

She shuddered as if some verminous thing had been held up to her gaze.

You never saw such a verminous tangled mess in all your life.

I shall only remark, that worms, and all verminous diseases, very evidently owe their origin to the nature of their food.

We had been warned by many travellers of the verminous condition of Spain.

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