slowworm

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈsləʊwɜː(ɹ)m/

Definition of slowworm

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A small Old World lizard, Anguis fragilis, often mistaken for a snake, having no legs and small eyes.
    “Well, sir, it may be we shall have some better orations of it anon: well, Ile watch you as narrowly as ever you were watcht, and Ile play with you as the nightingale with the slowworme;[…]”

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Etymology

From Middle English sloworm (possibly influenced by slow), from Old English slāwyrm (“slow-worm, blindworm”), from *slā, related to Norwegian slo (“slow-worm”), Swedish slå (“slow-worm”) + wyrm (“worm, snake”). Compare Swedish ormslå.

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