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German
Etymology
From late Middle High German wurmstichic, derived from wurmstich m (“wormhole”), possibly from Middle Low German wormstēke f, m (early 14th century; compare obsolete German Wurmstiche f alongside regular Wurmstich m). Analyzable as Wurm (“worm”) + Stich (“stitch, prick”) + -ig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvʊʁmˌʃtɪçɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /-ˌʃtɪçɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: wurm‧sti‧chig
Adjective
wurmstichig (strong nominative masculine singular wurmstichiger, comparative wurmstichiger, superlative am wurmstichigsten)
- wormy, worm-eaten, maggoty
- Synonym: zerfressen
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 243:auptsächlich deshalb nicht, weil Frau Chauchat ja krank war, schlaff, fiebrig und innerlich wurmstichig, ein Umstand, der mit der Zweifelhaftigkeit ihrer Gesamtexistenz nahe zusammenhing und auch an Hans Castorps Vorsichts- und Abstandsgefühlen stark beteiligt war …- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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