ringworm

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches

From Middle English ringworm (“ringworm; intestinal worm”), from Old English rengwyrm (“maw-worm, intestinal worm”), equivalent to ring + worm.

Ringworm and intestinal worm are very general troubles, and lice in the head universal. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen
Chilblains you may treat, and bone-shave, ringworm, and the scaldings; even scabby sheep may limp the better for your strikings. — Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor, R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
There may be too much ringworm humor also, but there is still a demand for the scientific work of the true student. — Remarks, Bill Nye

tinea, roundworm

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