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Würm
[ voorm, woorm, wurm; German vyrm ]
noun
- the fourth stage of the glaciation of Eurasia during the Pleistocene. Compare Wisconsin ( def 3 ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Würm1
< German (1909), after a river in Bavaria, joining the Starnberger See and the river Amper
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Würm1
C20: named after the river Würm in Bavaria, Germany
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Example Sentences
Mime and he dispute angrily: Siegfried is about to slay the dragon, the "Wurm," and the question is who is to have the gold.
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Probably they were the tail-end of the great migration of the Wurm ice age.
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Wormwood, wurm′wood, n. the bitter plant Artemisia absinthium: bitterness.
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Suddenly Rudolpho stabs Wurm, and then lays himself down to die by the side of Luisa.
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The Amerindians were the kick of that human explosion eastward which occurred some time during the Wurm ice age.
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