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vermiculation.

The process of being turned into a worm.

13 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/vəmɪkjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/Received-Pronunciation/vɚˌmɪkjuˈleɪʃ(ə)n/General-American/-kjə-/General-American
  1. The process of being turned into a worm.

    countable · obsolete · rare · uncountable
  2. The state of being infested or consumed by worms.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A pattern of irregular wavy lines resembling worms or their casts or tracks, found on the plumage of birds, used to decorate artworks and buildings, etc.

    countable · uncountable
  4. Peristalsis (“wave-like contraction of the digestive tract, resembling the movement of a worm”).

    countable · dated · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin vermiculātiōnem, from vermiculor (“to be worm-eaten, to be wormy”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or the results of actions) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verb roots)). The Latin verb is from vermis (“worm”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”), possibly from *wer- (“to turn”)).

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