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English

Alternative forms

• slow worm, slow-worm

Etymology

From Middle English sloworm (possibly influenced by slow), from Old English sl?wyrm. Possibly related to Swedish slå (“earthworm”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sl??w??(?)m/

Noun

slowworm (plural slowworms)

1. A small Old World lizard, Anguis fragilis, often mistaken for a snake, having no legs and small eyes.

   Synonym: blindworm

   Hypernym: lizard

Translations

Further reading

• Anguis fragilis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• 2008, Anatoly Liberman, An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction, pages 196-200

English

Etymology

French orvet

Noun

orvet (plural orvets)

1. (obsolete) The slowworm.

Anagrams

• overt, trove, voter

French

Etymology

Origin uncertain; probably from Old French orb (“blind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.v?/

Noun

orvet m (plural orvets)

1. slowworm

Further reading

• “orvet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• voter, votre, vôtre