varmint

Oznaczający (Angielski)

  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.

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Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/ˈvɑːmɪnt/
Etymologia (Angielski)

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.

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