Feminine

vermine

Meaning

  1. (feminine, uncountable) vermin (destructive creatures)
  2. (feminine, uncountable) vermin (a contemptible person)

Frequency

C1
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French vermine, from verm + -ine, or possibly a Vulgar Latin *verminum, from Latin vermis (“worm”).

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