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earwormy

adj

Etymology

From earworm + -y.

  1. inherited from *wr̥mis✻
  2. inherited from *wurmiz✻
  3. inherited from wyrm — “worm, snake”
  4. inherited from worm
  5. compounded as earworm — “ear + worm”
  6. suffixed as earwormy — “earworm + y”

Definitions

  1. Of a song or tune

    Of a song or tune: catchy, like an earworm.

The neighborhood

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