Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vermigrade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-mi-grade
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

wriggling like a worm

Example Sentences

"My working hunch was that the very young leopard frog tadpole would make a near-perfect donor. […] While he’s little, he’ll mimp-mouth algae from the flanks of a tubifex and harm nothing but a little vermigrade pride."

Etymology

Coined by Irish writer Samuel Beckett. From vermi- + -grade (“way of walking”).

Questions

What does vermigrade mean?: wriggling like a worm
Where does vermigrade come from?: Coined by Irish writer Samuel Beckett. From vermi- + -grade (“way of walking”).

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