wermode

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === wermot, warmot, weremod, wormode, wormote, wormet, wrmod, wurmode, woormood, wermod, wormod (influenced by worm + wode) wyrmwode, wormwode, wormewode, wermwod, wormwod, wurmewod === Etymology === From Old English wermōd, from Proto-West Germanic *warjamōdā. Some forms remodelled on the basis of worm + wode. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwɛrmoːd/, /ˈwɛrmɔd/, /ˈwurmɔd/ === Noun === wermode (uncountable) wormwood (Artemisia absinthium or other related plants) Something that induces bitterness or unlikeability. (biblical) Wormwood (object in the Book of Revelation) ==== Descendants ==== English: wormwood (< wormwode) Scots: wormit (< wormet) → Irish: mormónta → Middle Welsh: wermotWelsh: wermod ==== References ==== “wermọ̄̆d(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018. “wǒrm-wọ̄de, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.