English Explanatory Dictionary

cankery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Full of canker (plant disease); diseased and decaying.
  2. Marked by cankers; ulcerous.
  3. Rusty; corroded.
  4. Corrosive.
  5. Metallic or bitter.
  6. Surly; cantankerous.
  7. Characteristic of canker (disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths)

Word forms

cankery more cankery most cankery

Etymology

From canker + -y.

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