worm-eaten
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Adjective (1)
- infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by wormsSynonyms: vermiculatewormyOpposite newSimilar worn
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Worm′-eat′en adjective
1. Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten timber.
Concave as a covered goblet, or a worm-eaten nut.— William Shakespeare
2. Worn-out; old; worthless. rare Sir Walter Raleigh
— Worm′wb-a1′>′-eat′wb-a2′>′en·ness, noun rare John Smith
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54