Resembling, infested with, or characteristic of earwigs; creepy or unsettling in an earwig-like way.
Formed from 'earwig' with the diminutive or quality suffix '-y' (Old English '-ig'). Creates an informal adjective expressing either literal similarity to earwigs or metaphorical creepiness.
Only English gives us the gift of describing something as 'earwiggy'—perfectly capturing that specific feeling of creepy-crawly dread when you imagine pincers in unexpected places!
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