: forming a breeding place for or infested by vermin : filthy
verminous garbage
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: caused by vermin
verminous disease
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebMen, women and children languished there in conditions of almost unimaginable squalor, brutality, overcrowding, starvation, verminous infestation and neglect. Patrick Mcgrath, New York Times, 28 June 2018
Word History
Etymology
vermin + -ous, probably originally after Latin verminōs "infested with maggots," from vermin- (base of vermināre "to be affected with griping pains, to be infested with maggots"—latter sense by false association with vermis "worm"—derivative of vermina "racking pains") + -ōsus-ose entry 1