Vermin Definition
vûrmĭn
noun
Various small animals, such as rats or cockroaches, that are destructive, annoying, or injurious to health.
American Heritage Medicine
Various insects, rodents, or other small animals regarded as pests because destructive, disease-carrying, etc., as flies, lice, rats, or weasels.
Webster's New World
Animals that prey on farm animals or game or that destroy crops.
American Heritage
Birds or other animals that kill game.
Webster's New World
People considered loathsome or repulsive.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Vermin
Noun
Singular:
vermin
Plural:
verminsOrigin of Vermin
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From Norman vermin and Old French vermin, from Vulgar Latin *verminum (“vermin"), collective noun formed from Latin vermis (“worm"). See also worm.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French from Vulgar Latin vermīnum from Latin vermis worm wer-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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