wormship

English

Etymology

From worm +‎ -ship.

Noun

wormship (plural wormships)

  1. (humorous, archaic) A term of address for a worm.
    • 1853, Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, page 421:
      Worms frequently cause diseases in trees by domiciliating themselves between the bark and the wood. […] Immediate recourse must be had to the knife, or pointed wire, and his wormship must be ejected, and the wound filled with clay.
    • 1893, The Medical Brief, page 1354:
      I am satisfied it is tape worm. […] Will some of the Brief readers help me to get rid of his wormship? The woman has been to several physicians and is impatient to be cured.
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