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Showing words for EARWIG using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Earwig

earwig, grewia

5 Letter Words for Earwig

aegir, aiger, geira, regia, wager

4 Letter Words for Earwig

ager, aire, areg, arew, eira, eria, gair, gare, gari, gear, geir, gire, grew, iare, rage, ragi, riga, waeg, wage, wair, ware, wear, weir, weri, wire, wrig

3 Letter Words for Earwig

aer, age, agr, air, are, arg, awe, ear, eir, era, erg, gar, gaw, ger, gie, gra, ira, ire, iwa, rag, rai, raw, rea, reg, rei, rew, ria, rie, rig, wae, wag, war, wer, wig, wir

Definitions for Earwig

[1] any of numerous elongate, nocturnal insects of the order Dermaptera, having a pair of large, movable pincers at the rear of the abdomen.
[2] to fill the mind of with prejudice by insinuations.
[3] any of various insects of the order Dermaptera, esp Forficula auricularia (common European earwig ), which typically have an elongated body with small leathery forewings, semicircular membranous hindwings, and curved forceps at the tip of the abdomen
[4] informal to eavesdrop
[5] (tr) archaic to attempt to influence (a person) by private insinuation

Words nearby Earwig

earthwoman, earthwork, earthworm, earthy, earwax, earwig, earwigging, earwitness, earworm, eas, ease

Origin of Earwig

before 1000; Middle English erwigge, Old English ēarwicga ear insect; from the notion that it enters people's ears. See wiggle

Word origin for Earwig

Old English ēarwicga, from ēare ear 1 + wicga beetle, insect; probably from a superstition that the insect crept into human ears