varmint

Signification (Anglais)

1. A pestilent or predatory ground-borne animal, especially one that kills or harasses a farmer's animals or crops.
2. (broadly) An obnoxious person or troublemaker.

Concepts

nuisible

peste

plaie

vermine

Synonymes

vermin

varment

annoyance

bastard

cuss

pain

Traductions

اللئيم

escurçó

bestiola

feristela

Racker

Schädling

Gewürm

animale nocivo

deugniet

kwajongen

misdadiger

rakker

vérmina

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈvɑːmɪnt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Dialectal form of vermin, derived from Latin vermis (“worm”), c. 1530–1540s. Perhaps influenced by Latin vargus (“bandit, outlaw, scoundrel”), though the pronunciation in /ɑː(ɹ)/ is more likely due to the same lowering of /ɛr/ > /ar/ found in carve < Middle English kerven and starve < Middle English sterven. The final syllable is probably altered after -ment; compare parchment < Middle English parchemyn.