rainwormn.

Brit.

/ˈreɪnwəːm/, U.S.

/ˈreɪnˌwərm/

Forms: see rain n.¹ and worm n.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: rain n.¹, worm n.

Etymology: Originally cognate with or formed similarly to Old Saxon reganwurm (Middle Low German rēgenworm ), Old High German reganwurm (Middle High German regenwurm , German Regenwurm ) < the Germanic base of rain n.¹ + the Germanic base of worm n. In later use independently re-formed < rain n.¹ + worm n., chiefly after forms in other Germanic languages, as German Regenwurm, Danish regnorm (beginning of the 18th cent.), and perhaps also Dutch regenworm (1563 in transferred use denoting a sausage, 1567 (as †reghenworm ) denoting the animal). Compare earthworm n. Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. at that entry records the word from various areas which show German settlement (e.g. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin); this U. S. regional use is apparently after German.

Any of various kinds of worm commonly found on or near the surface of the ground after rain, esp.: (a) the common earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris (now U.S. regional and rare); (b) a large terrestrial nematode of the family Mermithidae, esp. Mermis nigrescens.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Oligochaeta > family Lumbricidae > member of (earthworm)

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eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. lix. 130 Wiþ neurisne, banwyrt do on sure fletan & on hunig, æges geola meng tosomne, smire mid. Eft, renwyrmas cnua, do on.

OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 82 Lumbricus, renwyrm uel angeltwicce.

1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 184 In the Cape-Countries there is a Sort of Rain-Worms, that are altogether like the Rain-Worms seen in Germany [Ger. Was die Regen-Würmer angehet, so ist hie eben auch dieselbige Art die man in Europa antrifft].

1758 tr. N. Horrebow Nat. Hist. Iceland lxxiii. 91 He also says, that when it rains, so many rain-worms, Lumbrici Terrestres, appear, that people think they come down with the rain.

1776 A. Sparrman tr. N. R. von Rosenstein Dis. Children & Remedies xxii. 228 The second sort is called Lumbricus intestinalis teres... These resemble the common red ground worms or rain worms intirely, except in the internal conformation, and that they are more white.

a1841 F. A. Rauch Psychol. (1853) i. i. 61 When the rainy season commences, they, as do the rain-worms when the sun shines, disappear in caves.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 23 May 10/2 Putting a live rain worm between the halves of a stoned black plum.

1959 T. T. Macan Guide Freshwater Invertebr. Animals 27 Rainworms, Mermithidae... Most of the Mermithidae are terrestrial and may appear after rain—whence the name.

1978 Weekend Mag. (Montreal) 1 Apr. 12/2 Since farming began man has known and needed the earth worm—also called the dew worm, orchard worm, rain worm, angle worm and nightcrawler.

1993 TLC for Plants Summer 5/1 The adult worms are often found writhing in muddy soil or wet grass just after a summer rainstorm; in fact, the worms are called ‘rain worms’ and were once thought to come down from the sky with the rain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rainworm
释义	rainwormn. Brit. /ˈreɪnwəːm/, U.S. /ˈreɪnˌwərm/ Forms: see rain n.¹ and worm n. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: rain n.¹, worm n. Etymology: Originally cognate with or formed similarly to Old Saxon reganwurm (Middle Low German rēgenworm ), Old High German reganwurm (Middle High German regenwurm , German Regenwurm ) < the Germanic base of rain n.¹ + the Germanic base of worm n. In later use independently re-formed < rain n.¹ + worm n., chiefly after forms in other Germanic languages, as German Regenwurm, Danish regnorm (beginning of the 18th cent.), and perhaps also Dutch regenworm (1563 in transferred use denoting a sausage, 1567 (as †reghenworm ) denoting the animal). Compare earthworm n. Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. at that entry records the word from various areas which show German settlement (e.g. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin); this U. S. regional use is apparently after German. Any of various kinds of worm commonly found on or near the surface of the ground after rain, esp.: (a) the common earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris (now U.S. regional and rare); (b) a large terrestrial nematode of the family Mermithidae, esp. Mermis nigrescens. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Oligochaeta > family Lumbricidae > member of (earthworm) angletwitcheOE earthworma1400 maddocka1400 tweyangle14.. wormc1400 grass worm1565 easse1582 mad1586 dew-worm1598 ground-worm1599 earth-mad1601 yellowtail1608 twatchel1661 rainworm1731 fish-worm1854 mudworm1871 intraclitellian1888 Morrenian1890 terricole1890 eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. lix. 130 Wiþ neurisne, banwyrt do on sure fletan & on hunig, æges geola meng tosomne, smire mid. Eft, renwyrmas cnua, do on. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 82 Lumbricus, renwyrm uel angeltwicce. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 184 In the Cape-Countries there is a Sort of Rain-Worms, that are altogether like the Rain-Worms seen in Germany [Ger. Was die Regen-Würmer angehet, so ist hie eben auch dieselbige Art die man in Europa antrifft]. 1758 tr. N. Horrebow Nat. Hist. Iceland lxxiii. 91 He also says, that when it rains, so many rain-worms, Lumbrici Terrestres, appear, that people think they come down with the rain. 1776 A. Sparrman tr. N. R. von Rosenstein Dis. Children & Remedies xxii. 228 The second sort is called Lumbricus intestinalis teres... These resemble the common red ground worms or rain worms intirely, except in the internal conformation, and that they are more white. a1841 F. A. Rauch Psychol. (1853) i. i. 61 When the rainy season commences, they, as do the rain-worms when the sun shines, disappear in caves. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 23 May 10/2 Putting a live rain worm between the halves of a stoned black plum. 1959 T. T. Macan Guide Freshwater Invertebr. Animals 27 Rainworms, Mermithidae... Most of the Mermithidae are terrestrial and may appear after rain—whence the name. 1978 Weekend Mag. (Montreal) 1 Apr. 12/2 Since farming began man has known and needed the earth worm—also called the dew worm, orchard worm, rain worm, angle worm and nightcrawler. 1993 TLC for Plants Summer 5/1 The adult worms are often found writhing in muddy soil or wet grass just after a summer rainstorm; in fact, the worms are called ‘rain worms’ and were once thought to come down from the sky with the rain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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