verminous
/ˈvɝ.mɪ.nəs/adjective
verminous is an adjective meaning “Infested with vermin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-R-M-I-N-O-U-S and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 50 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does verminous mean?
adjective
- 1
Infested with vermin.
The old beggar kept a verminous mongrel dog for a pet.
- 2
Actively unpleasant, contemptible, or otherwise reminiscent of vermin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce verminous?
- UK /ˈvɜː.mɪ.nəs/
- US /ˈvɝ.mɪ.nəs/
Verminous has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-verminous.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of verminous
- more verminous comparative
- most verminous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is verminous?
Verminous appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does verminous come from?
From vermin + -ous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).