- Worm-eatenness
- Worm-eaten Worm"-eat`en, a.
1. Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as,
worm-eaten timber.
[1913 Webster]
Concave as a covered goblet, or a worm-eaten nut. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. Worn-out; old; worthless. [R.] --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] -- {Worm"-eat`en*ness}, n. [R.] --Dr. John Smith. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
