verminous
pronunciation
How to pronounce verminous in British English:
UK [ˈvɜ:mɪnəs]
How to pronounce verminous in American English:
US [ˈvɜrmɪnəs]
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- Adjective:
- of the nature of vermin; very offensive or repulsive
Word Origin
- verminous (adj.)
- 1610s, from vermin + -ous or else from Latin verminosus.
Example
- 1. She gave me a verminous look , not one of hatred , but sheer annoyance .
- 2. The main goal of the toilet modernization in rural areas is to prevent and control the propagation of the verminous and intestinal infectious affection .
- 3. No person in a verminous or filthy condition shall enter or remain in any pleasure ground .
- 4. He had travelled by yak and on foot ; he was now verminous and starving , in rags of sheepskin , crippled with sciatica from sleeping on frozen ground , and without a rupee to his name . But gold shone ahead of him .