"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: {{m|en|vermin}} vermin, {{der|en|la|vermis|t=worm}} Latin vermis (“worm”), {{m+|la|vargus|t=bandit, outlaw, scoundrel}} Latin vargus (“bandit, outlaw, scoundrel”), {{m|en|carve}} carve, {{m+|enm|kerven}} Middle English kerven, {{m|en|starve}} starve, {{m+|enm|sterven}} Middle English sterven, {{m|en|-ment}} -ment, {{m|en|parchment}} parchment, {{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. Categories (topical): People 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 Disambiguation of People: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10 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: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'person who is obnoxious': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: varminter

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