asquirm

English

Etymology

a- +‎ squirm

Adjective

asquirm (comparative more asquirm, superlative most asquirm)

Squirming.
- 1866, William Dean Howells, Venetian Life, New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1867, Chapter 18, p. 300,
  But a fish-market, even at Rialto […] is only a fish-market after all: it is wet and slimy under foot, and the innumerable gigantic eels, writhing everywhere, set the soul asquirm, and soon-sated curiosity slides willingly away.
- 1972, John Irving, The Water-Method Man, New York: Pocket Books, 1978, Chapter 32, p. 308,
  […] he sat with his trousers rolled up to the knees and his blue-white city toes asquirm in the cleanest muck he’d ever felt.
- 1990, Arthur Mayse, Handliner’s Island, Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, Chapter 12, p. 125,
  From where they sat on the rowing thwarts, they made blind passes with their herring rakes, bringing them up with silver asquirm on each needle-sharp tooth.
- 2008, Margo Lanagan, Tender Morsels, New York: Random House, 2011, Chapter 3, p. 66,
  […] this child, unlike the first, was easily stirred to rages. The slightest discomfort set her asquirm […]
Covered or filled (with something squirming).
- 1892, Thomas De Witt Talmage, From the Pyramids to the Acropolis, Philadelphia: Historical Publishing Company, Chapter 6, p. 161,
  an aquarium all asquirm with trout and gold fish
- 1952, Edna Ferber, Giant, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Chapter 20, p. 337,
  The little dancing floor in the center of the dining room suddenly was asquirm with posturing figures in mantillas and silks and boleros.
- 1964, Willard M. Wallace, Appeal to Arms, Chicago: Quadrangle Books, Chapter 5, p. 58,
  […] such supplies as did arrive were as often as not scarcely fit to eat, the bread moldy, the biscuit asquirm with weevils, the butter rancid […]
- 1972, Dick Perry, One Way to Write Your Novel, Cincinnati, OH: Writer’s Digest, Chapter 3, p. 14,
  If, then, your idea is large and sweeping, asquirm with plots sub and counter […]

Anagrams

Marquis, marquis

单词	asquirm
释义	asquirm English Etymology a- +‎ squirm Adjective asquirm (comparative more asquirm, superlative most asquirm) Squirming. 1866, William Dean Howells, Venetian Life, New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1867, Chapter 18, p. 300, But a fish-market, even at Rialto […] is only a fish-market after all: it is wet and slimy under foot, and the innumerable gigantic eels, writhing everywhere, set the soul asquirm, and soon-sated curiosity slides willingly away. 1972, John Irving, The Water-Method Man, New York: Pocket Books, 1978, Chapter 32, p. 308, […] he sat with his trousers rolled up to the knees and his blue-white city toes asquirm in the cleanest muck he’d ever felt. 1990, Arthur Mayse, Handliner’s Island, Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, Chapter 12, p. 125, From where they sat on the rowing thwarts, they made blind passes with their herring rakes, bringing them up with silver asquirm on each needle-sharp tooth. 2008, Margo Lanagan, Tender Morsels, New York: Random House, 2011, Chapter 3, p. 66, […] this child, unlike the first, was easily stirred to rages. The slightest discomfort set her asquirm […] Covered or filled (with something squirming). 1892, Thomas De Witt Talmage, From the Pyramids to the Acropolis, Philadelphia: Historical Publishing Company, Chapter 6, p. 161, an aquarium all asquirm with trout and gold fish 1952, Edna Ferber, Giant, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Chapter 20, p. 337, The little dancing floor in the center of the dining room suddenly was asquirm with posturing figures in mantillas and silks and boleros. 1964, Willard M. Wallace, Appeal to Arms, Chicago: Quadrangle Books, Chapter 5, p. 58, […] such supplies as did arrive were as often as not scarcely fit to eat, the bread moldy, the biscuit asquirm with weevils, the butter rancid […] 1972, Dick Perry, One Way to Write Your Novel, Cincinnati, OH: Writer’s Digest, Chapter 3, p. 14, If, then, your idea is large and sweeping, asquirm with plots sub and counter […] Anagrams Marquis, marquis
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