death wormn.

Brit.

/ˈdɛθ wəːm/, U.S.

/ˈdɛθ ˌwərm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., worm n.

Etymology: < death n. + worm n. With use in sense 1 compare earlier death watch n.

Chiefly poetic and literary.

†1. = death watch n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

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1729 J. Hughes Morning Apparition in Misc. Poems 106 No ticking Death-Worm told a fancy'd Doom.

2. A parasite, larva, etc., that causes death. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.

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1781 F. J. Brand tr. Select Diss. from Amœnitates Academicæ I. ii. x. 422 That worm called by the Dutch, de Viver,..kills in the space of an hour, and therefore is not improperly called the Death worm.

1806 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. (new ed.) II. 79 But wise anes knew a death-worm grew Deep at its roots consuming; And while they sighed, they mournfu' cried, ‘The rose will fade that's blooming!’

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. i. 63 How like death-worms the wingless moments crawl!

1850 E. B. Browning Rom. Margret xxiv Behold, the death-worm to his heart Is a nearer thing than thou.

1896 A. Brown Road to Castaly 42 Not from the poisoned fangs of hate, Or death-worm born to be my mate, But from the fear that such things be, O Lord, deliver me!

1955 E. Mosbacher tr. H. Lüthy France against Herself iv. i. 284 Paris seems never to have been so intensely alive as since the death-worm has been at work in its walls.

1998 K. M. Marcus tr. M. Mokeddem Forbidden Woman viii. 122 ‘What do you draw?’.. ‘Evil that menaces and makes faces. H'chouma, with its stomach where fears are like death worms.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	death worm
释义	death wormn. Brit. /ˈdɛθ wəːm/, U.S. /ˈdɛθ ˌwərm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., worm n. Etymology: < death n. + worm n. With use in sense 1 compare earlier death watch n. Chiefly poetic and literary. †1. = death watch n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by sound > that ticks death watch1668 death worm1729 death tick1853 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Anobiidae > xestobium rufovillosum (death-watch) death watch1668 death worm1729 death tick1853 furniture beetle1915 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Anobiidae > member of genus Anobium death watch1668 death worm1729 death tick1853 1729 J. Hughes Morning Apparition in Misc. Poems 106 No ticking Death-Worm told a fancy'd Doom. 2. A parasite, larva, etc., that causes death. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΚΠ 1781 F. J. Brand tr. Select Diss. from Amœnitates Academicæ I. ii. x. 422 That worm called by the Dutch, de Viver,..kills in the space of an hour, and therefore is not improperly called the Death worm. 1806 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. (new ed.) II. 79 But wise anes knew a death-worm grew Deep at its roots consuming; And while they sighed, they mournfu' cried, ‘The rose will fade that's blooming!’ 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. i. 63 How like death-worms the wingless moments crawl! 1850 E. B. Browning Rom. Margret xxiv Behold, the death-worm to his heart Is a nearer thing than thou. 1896 A. Brown Road to Castaly 42 Not from the poisoned fangs of hate, Or death-worm born to be my mate, But from the fear that such things be, O Lord, deliver me! 1955 E. Mosbacher tr. H. Lüthy France against Herself iv. i. 284 Paris seems never to have been so intensely alive as since the death-worm has been at work in its walls. 1998 K. M. Marcus tr. M. Mokeddem Forbidden Woman viii. 122 ‘What do you draw?’.. ‘Evil that menaces and makes faces. H'chouma, with its stomach where fears are like death worms.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1729
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