Worm-eaten

Worm″–eat′en (?), a. 1. Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten timber.

Concave as a covered goblet, or a worm-eaten nut. Shak.

2. Worn-out; old; worthless. Sir W. Raleigh.

— Worm″–eat′en‐ness, n.Dr. John Smith.