vermiculation
The state of being infested or consumed by wormsThe state of being infested or consumed by worms.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The state of being infested or consumed by worms.
(countable, uncountable)A pattern of irregular wavy lines resembling worms or their casts or tracks, found on the plumage of birds, used to decorate artworks and buildings, etc.
(countable, dated, uncountable)Peristalsis (“wave-like contraction of the digestive tract, resembling the movement of a worm”).
(countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable)The process of being turned into a worm.
- a decoration consisting of wormlike carvings
- the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from Latin vermiculātiōnem, from vermiculor (“to be worm-eaten, to be wormy”) + -Borrowed from Latin vermiculātiōnem, from vermiculor (“to be worm-eaten, to be wormy”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or the results of actions) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verb roots)). The Latin verb is from vermis (“worm”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”), possibly from *wer- (“to turn”)).
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Forms
plural: vermiculations| Singular | vermiculation |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along:peristalsis
Word family
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