vermicular

[ ver-mik-yuh-ler ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or done by worms.
2. consisting of or characterized by sinuous or wavy outlines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.

vermicular

/ vɜːˈmɪkjʊlə /

adjective

1. resembling the form, markings, motion, or tracks of worms
2. of or relating to worms or wormlike animals

Derived Forms

• verˈmicularly, adverb

Other Words From

• ver·micu·lar·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of vermicular¹

1645–55; < Medieval Latin vermiculāris, equivalent to Latin vermicul ( us ) vermicule + -āris -ar ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of vermicular¹

C17: from Medieval Latin vermiculāris, from Latin vermiculus, diminutive of vermis worm

Example Sentences

The etched scene of Sikes's desperation on the roof of a house in Jacob's Island, Bermondsey, is in essence Misery itself, vermicular as well as violent.

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Under the microscope, this proved an Oscillatoria, which I could not identify with any of the described species in Harvey's Phytologia: the filaments creeping and twining with the peculiar vermicular movements of the genus.

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There is no telling how vermicular are the wrigglings of mean souls.

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It has hence been called vermicular, or wormlike motion.

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Nobody went around in that day to explain the vermicular motion of the stomach or the upward action of nerve-force, or the psychopathic value of animal magnetism.

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