worms

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/vɔːmz/
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/vɔːmz/ · /vɔɹmz/ · /wɝmz/ · /wɜːmz/

Definition of worms

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
    “Diet of Worms... Edict of Worms...”
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name

  1. An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
    “Diet of Worms... Edict of Worms...”

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of worm
  2. (form-of, plural)plural of WORM

verb

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of worm

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Etymology

From German Worms, from Old High German Wormazia, Warmazia, etc., from Latin Vormatia, from a Gaulish name attested in Latin as Borbetomagus and Bormitomagus with influence from Latin -ātus (adjective-forming…

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From German Worms, from Old High German Wormazia, Warmazia, etc., from Latin Vormatia, from a Gaulish name attested in Latin as Borbetomagus and Bormitomagus with influence from Latin -ātus (adjective-forming suffix) and -ia (toponym-forming suffix), of uncertain origin but usually conjectured to refer to the Celtic god Borvo or a river, spring, or other waters named for him + Proto-Celtic *magos (“field, plain”). Has no relation to worm.

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