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wormship en · NOUN

Etymology

From worm + -ship.

Meanings

1. (archaic, humorous) A term of address for a worm.
   • I am satisfied it is tape worm. […] Will some of the Brief readers help me to get rid of his wormship? The woman has been to several physicians and is impatient to be cured. 1893, The Medical Brief, page 1354:
   • Worms frequently cause diseases in trees by domiciliating themselves between the bark and the wood. […] Immediate recourse must be had to the knife, or pointed wire, and his wormship must be ejected, and the wound filled with clay. 1853, Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, page 421:

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