Meaning of mawworm | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of maw-worm.
   alt-of, alternative
2. A hypocrite.
   archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“That there are a sufficient number of Mawworms and Cantwells in the profession, is abundantly proved by the number of signatures obtained to the petition against opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays.”

“So, according to this Mawworm, it is not the play itself but its being acted publicly that is so pernicious.”

“He felt that he had chosen the one who was in all respects the superior; and a man naturally likes to look forward to having the best. He would be the very Mawworm of bachelors who pretended not to expect it.”

“Troublemakers come in splendid variety - from the catamaran, or quarrelsome scold, to the solopsist, or self-absorbed, self-referential me addict; from the blateroon, or compulsive chatterbox, to the mawworm, or pious, mealy-mouthed hypocrite.”

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