English Explanatory Dictionary

verrucous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. wart-like, resembling a verruca; verrucose

Word forms

verrucous more verrucous most verrucous

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin verrūcōsus, from Latin verrūca (“wart”). By surface analysis, verruca + -ous. Doublet of verrucose.

Synonyms

wartish warty

Derived words

verrucous carcinoma verrucous endocarditis verrucous hemangioma verrucous nevus
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