worm-eaten Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms
    vermiculate; wormy.

WordNet

Worm"-eat`en adjective
Definitions
  1. Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten timber.
    Concave as a covered goblet, or a worm-eaten nut. Shak.
  2. Worn-out; old; worthless. R. Sir W. Raleigh. -- Worm"-eat`en*ness, n. R. Dr. John Smith.

Webster 1913