Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cankerworm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: canker-worm
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.

noun

A corrupting or destructive force.

Example Sentences

"O cursed Eld the cankerworme of writs, / How may these rimes, so rude as doth appeare, / Hope to endure, sith workes of heauenly wits / Are quite deuourd, and brought to nought by little bits?"

Etymology

From canker + worm.

Inflected Forms

cankerworms (plural)

Questions

What does cankerworm mean?: Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
Where does cankerworm come from?: From canker + worm.

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