mawworm
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "That there are a sufficient number of Mawworms and Cantwells in the profession, is abundantly proved by the number of signatures obtained to the petition against opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays."
- "So, according to this Mawworm, it is not the play itself but its being acted publicly that is so pernicious."
- "He felt that he had chosen the one who was in all respects the superior; and a man naturally likes to look forward to having the best. He would be the very Mawworm of bachelors who pretended not to expect it."
- "Troublemakers come in splendid variety - from the catamaran, or quarrelsome scold, to the solopsist, or self-absorbed, self-referential me addict; from the blateroon, or compulsive chatterbox, to the mawworm, or pious, mealy-mouthed hypocrite."