"varmint" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈvɑːmɪnt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɑɹmɪnt/ [General-American] Forms: varmints [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|vermis|t=worm}} Latin vermis (“worm”), {{m+|la|vargus|t=bandit, outlaw, scoundrel}} Latin vargus (“bandit, outlaw, scoundrel”), {{m+|enm|kerven}} Middle English kerven, {{m+|enm|sterven}} Middle English sterven, {{m+|enm|parchemyn}} Middle English parchemyn Head templates: {{en-noun}} varmint (plural varmints)
  1. A pestering animal such as one that kills or harasses a farmer's livestock or crops. Translations (pestering animal): вредител (vreditel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), feristela [feminine] (Catalan), škodná [feminine] (Czech), tuhoeläin (Finnish), nuisible [masculine] (French), Schädling [masculine] (German), Gewürm [neuter] (German), vermina (Interlingua), verminante (Interlingua), robactwo [neuter] (Polish), praga [feminine] (Portuguese), вредитель (vreditelʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-varmint-en-noun-NF-cyqJL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'pestering animal': 100 0
  2. (by extension) An obnoxious person or troublemaker. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): People Translations (person who is obnoxious): пакостник (pakostnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), escurçó [masculine] (Catalan), neřád [masculine] (Czech), chamraď [feminine] (Czech), peste [feminine] (French), plaie [feminine] (French), łapserdak [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-varmint-en-noun-CSVtrFzj Disambiguation of People: 6 94 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of 'person who is obnoxious': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: varminter

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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