wormeaten adjective. ['wǝ:mi:t(ǝ)n] LME.
[from WORM noun + eaten pa. pple of EAT verb. Cf. WORM-EAT.]
1. Eaten into by a worm or worms. LME.

2. (Of organic tissue) indented with small holes; eroded as by worms. L16.

3. fig. Decayed, rotten; decrepit, old and dilapidated; antiquated, outworn. L16.

■ worm-eatenness noun E17-M18.

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