Definition of insect

"insect" in the noun sense

1. insect

small air-breathing arthropod

2. worm, louse, insect, dirt ball

a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

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Quotations for insect

The insect-youth are on the wing,
Eager to taste the honied spring,
And float amid the liquid noon! [ Gray ]

Sunbeams pour alike their glorious tide
To light up worlds or wake an insect's mirth. [ Keble ]

The careful insect 'midst his works I view,
Now from the flowers exhaust the fragrant dew.
With golden treasures load his little thighs,
And steer his distant journey through the skies. [ Gay ]

Each particle of matter is an immensity, each leaf a world, each insect an inexplicable compendium. [ Lavater ]

A gentleman is always a gentleman; but the butterflies of society differ as much in their moods as does that insect in its colors. [ Mme. Dufresnoy ]

insect in Scrabble®

The word insect is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

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insect in Words With Friends™

The word insect is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

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Words containing the sequence insect

Words with insect in them (4 words)

Words that end with insect (2 words)

Word Growth involving insect

Shorter words in insect

in ins

sect

Longer words containing insect

insecticidal insecticidally

insecticidal noninsecticidal

insecticide insecticides

insectivore insectivores

insectivorous

insectlike

insectproof

insects

noninsect noninsecticidal

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