Varmint (noun)
va-mint
(Chiefly US) an objectionable or undesirable animal, usually predatory, as a coyote or bobcat.
1530–40; variant of vermin (with regular outcome of Middle Englishĕr before consonant (cf. argal2, parson) and parasitic t)
Example sentences
“He could hardly believe the varmint was curled up on the chair.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
