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earwiggy en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English earwig Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English earwiggy From earwig + -y.

Meanings

1. Infested with earwigs.
   • So while an earwig can indeed crawl into a person's ear, it seems that a place has to be pretty darn earwiggy for such a thing to happen by chance. 1989, Jan Harold Brunvand, Curses! Broiled Again!:
   • Amy had a bower in hers, rather small and earwiggy, but very pretty to look at, with honeysuckle and morning-glories hanging their colored horns and bells... 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women:
   • The lady is whisked off as unceremoniously as though she were a Sabino damsel; she is transported to a dusty and, I fear, an earwiggy conservatory, […] 1905, Harper's Magazine:

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