† verminlyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of the nature of vermin; like (that of) vermin.
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the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > noxious or pestilential
vilea1525
prejudicial1602
verminly1653
vermineous1693
pestilential1697
pestiferous1731
vermine1839
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > [adjective]
bysenc1375
offensivea1548
nasty1548
beastly1584
whelpish1586
heathenish1592
viperous1593
vermin1602
verminousc1616
unchristian1630
verminian1640
rancida1646
verminly1653
spider-like1655
exceptionable1691
skunky1842
slaggy1943
schmucky1952
grotty1964
grody1965
1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes Pref. sig. e3 A verminly generation (ever destroyed, yet ever breeding) who owe their best education to their bellies.
1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 379 They have nothing in them but a verminly nimbleness and subtlety.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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