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varmint

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12
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15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈvɑːmɪnt/
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/ˈvɑːmɪnt/ · /ˈvɑɹmɪnt/

Definition of varmint

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A pestilent or predatory ground-borne animal, especially one that kills or harasses a farmer's animals or crops.
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noun

  1. A pestilent or predatory ground-borne animal, especially one that kills or harasses a farmer's animals or crops.
  2. (broadly)An obnoxious person or troublemaker.
    “You'd be but a fierce young hound indeed, if at your time of life you could help to hunt a wretched warmint, hunted as near death and dunghill as this poor wretched warmint is!”

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Etymology

Dialectal form of vermin, derived from Latin vermis (“worm”), c. 1530–1540s. Perhaps influenced by Latin vargus (“bandit, outlaw, scoundrel”), though the pronunciation in /ɑː(ɹ)/ is more likely due to the same lowering of /ɛr/ > /ar/ found in carve < Middle English kerven and starve < Middle English sterven. The final syllable is probably altered after -ment; compare parchment < Middle English parchemyn.

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