a. [See prec. and -OUS. Cf. F. vermiculeux.]
1. Full of worms. rare–1.
1690. R. Clark, Vermiculars Destroyed, 14. Slime and vermiculous matter.
2. Of or pertaining to worms.
1813. T. Busby, Lucretius, I. III. Comm. p. xxv. Otherwise, the vermiculous souls will be portions of human souls.
1819. H. Busk, Banquet, III. 462. The race vermiculous.
3. Having a wormy appearance.
1818. Todd, Vermiculous,… resembling grubs.
1839. New Monthly Mag., LVII. 406. The more prominent part of the [man’s] nose, on whose vermiculous top, the Prussian blue mostly prevailed.
4. Path. Of strangury: Accompanied or marked by the discharge of worms or helminths.
1822–7. Good, Study Med. (1829), V. 469. They lay a foundation for the following varieties:… Spasmodic strangury…. Scalding strangury…. Vermiculous strangury.
