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varmint

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈvɑːmɪnt/Part of speech nounSorted aimnrtvStarts with VEnds with T0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote

Word origin

Dialectal form of vermin, derived from Latin vermis (“worm”), c. 1530–1540s. Perhaps influenced by Latin vargus (“bandit, outlaw, scoundrel”), though the pronunciation in /ɑː(ɹ)/ is more likely due to the same lowering of /ɛr/ > /ar/ found in carve < Middle English kerven and starve < Middle English sterven. The final syllable is probably altered after -ment; compare parchment < Middle English parchemyn.

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  • You'd be but a fierce young hound indeed, if at your time of life you could help to hunt a wretched warmint, hunted as near death and dunghill as this poor wretched warmint is!

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