verminy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

vermin +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

verminy (comparative more verminy, superlative most verminy)

  1. Resembling, characteristic of, or infested with vermin.
    • 1887, Mrs. N. M. Mansell, “Sabbath Scenes”, in The Heathen Woman's Friend, volumes 19-20, page 236:
      Then two Hindu fakirs stalk past, with long, frowsy, verminy locks, painted faces, naked bodies besmeared with ashes, with an iron trident in one hand and an empty gourd in the other.