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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Vermin (0.01261 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Vermin.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vermin
vermin
n 1: an irritating or obnoxious person [syn:
varmint]
2: any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g.
cockroaches or rats
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vermin
Vermin
\Ver"min\, n. sing. & pl.; used chiefly as plural. [OE.
vermine, F. vermine, from L. vermis a worm; cf. LL. vermen a
worm, L. verminosus full of worms. See
Vermicular,
Worm.]
1. An animal, in general. [Obs.]
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Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the
earth, and vermin, and worms, and fowls. --Acts x.
12. (Geneva
Bible).
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This crocodile is a mischievous fourfooted beast, a
dangerous vermin, used to both elements. --Holland.
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2. A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious
little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels,
rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc.
“Cruel hounds or some
foul vermin.” --Chaucer.
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Great injuries these vermin, mice and rats, do in
the field. --Mortimer.
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They disdain such vermin when the mighty boar of the
forest . . . is before them. --Burke.
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3. Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings.
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You are my prisoners, base vermin. --Hudibras.
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