Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🪱 Full of worms 🐛 Worm-like
vermicious

vermicious

9.9
Infested with worms or small pests that harm things
  • adjective
  • Archaic
translation icon : vermicido
  • If food is left uncovered, it can quickly become vermicious and unsafe to eat.

Examples

  • The abandoned barn became vermicious after years without maintenance or cleaning.

  • The old house was vermicious and filled with decay.

  • Farmers worried that the crops would turn vermicious during the humid summer months.

  • They discovered a vermicious infestation in the garden.

  • The abandoned barn became vermicious after years of neglect, crawling with pests and worms.

  • If food is left uncovered, it can quickly become vermicious with insects and parasites.

  • The old house was vermicious, infested with vermin and filled with decay.

Synonyms

wormy
vsvermicious
2 6.0

Having holes or soft parts because worms have eaten it

describes being infested with small parasites or full of pests
verminous
vsvermicious
  • Offensive
1 9.2

Full of rats, insects, or other small animals that cause disgust

expresses infestation without the strong offensive or repulsive tone
vermiculate
vsvermicious
9.9

Covered with small holes as if made by worms

means being infested rather than merely showing eaten damage

How Infested

verminous
  • Offensive
1 9.2
vermicious
  • Archaic
9.9
clean
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

vermicious positive

Morphology

vermicious = vermin (transparent) = vermin + ious

Form and meaning transparently derive from the base 'vermin' plus the adjectival suffix '-ous' (minor orthographic adjustment), so learners familiar with 'vermin' can infer 'full of vermin'.

Etymology

Vermicious comes from the Latin vermis 'worm' and is related to the English word vermin. So if something is described as vermicious, it means it is full of worms or small pests, which explains the modern idea of being infested or unsafe.