wormship

noun

1. (archaic, humorous)A term of address for a worm.

   “Worms frequently cause diseases in trees by domiciliating themselves between the bark and the wood. […] Immediate recourse must be had to the knife, or pointed wire, and his wormship must be ejected, and the wound filled with clay.”

   “I am satisfied it is tape worm. […] Will some of the Brief readers help me to get rid of his wormship? The woman has been to several physicians and is impatient to be cured.”