moth-eaten

See also: motheaten

English

Adjective

moth-eaten (comparative more moth-eaten, superlative most moth-eaten)

1. Containing holes by having been eaten by moth larvae.
2. (figurative, by extension) Old and in poor condition.

Translations

containing moth holes

• Finnish: koinsyömä
• French: mangé aux mites (fr)
• German: mottenzerfressen (de)
• Greek: σκωροφαγωμένος (skorofagoménos)

  Ancient: σητόβρωτος (sētóbrōtos)

• Manx: lhemeenagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: møllspist

  Nynorsk: mølleten

• Old English: moþfreten
• Russian: изъе́денный мо́лью m (izʺjédennyj mólʹju)
• Spanish: apolillado (es)
• Swedish: maläten (sv)
• Welsh: yn dyllau pryfed

old and in poor condition

• Finnish: koinsyömä
• French: mangé aux mites (fr)
• Greek: σκωροφαγωμένος (skorofagoménos)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: møllspist

  Nynorsk: mølleten

• Spanish: apolillado (es)
• Swedish: maläten (sv)