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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