"wyrm" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wɜːm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɚm/ [US] Audio: en-us-worm.ogg [US] Forms: wyrms [plural]
enPR: wûrm Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English wyrm. Doublet of worm, which was inherited. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|ang|wyrm}} Learned borrowing from Old English wyrm, {{doublet|en|worm}} Doublet of worm Head templates: {{en-noun}} wyrm (plural wyrms)
  1. (mythology, fantasy) A huge limbless and wingless dragon or dragon-like creature. Categories (topical): Fantasy, Mythology, Dragons, Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-wyrm-en-noun-OsNgeP43 Disambiguation of Dragons: 59 41 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 64 36 Topics: fantasy, human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. A sea serpent.
    Sense id: en-wyrm-en-noun-03p-PfM5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 89 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 16 37 13 9 9 9 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Jörmungandr, sea serpent, worm

Inflected forms

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