wyrm

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wyrm

/wɜːm/ UK
/wɝm/ US

Sounds like worm · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)m

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Learned borrowing from Old English wyrm. Doublet of worm, which was inherited.

noun wyrms

A huge limbless and wingless dragon or dragonlike creature.
A sea serpent.

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"wyrm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wyrm. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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wyrm. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wyrm

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"wyrm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wyrm.

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@misc{wyrm_2026,
  title = {wyrm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wyrm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}