earwiggy

earwiggy

English

Etymology

earwig +‎ -y

Adjective

earwiggy (comparative more earwiggy, superlative most earwiggy)

1. Infested with earwigs.
   • 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

     Amy had a bower in hers, rather small and earwiggy, but very pretty to look at, with honeysuckle and morning-glories hanging their colored horns and bells...

   • 1905, Harper's Magazine

     The lady is whisked off as unceremoniously as though she were a Sabino damsel; she is transported to a dusty and, I fear, an earwiggy conservatory,...

   • 1989, Jan Harold Brunvand, Curses! Broiled Again!

     So while an earwig can indeed crawl into a person's ear, it seems that a place has to be pretty darn earwiggy for such a thing to happen by chance.