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cankerous

cankerous adjective: infected with canker; ulcerous.

Adjective

cankerous (comparative more cankerous, superlative most cankerous)

  1. Infected with canker; ulcerous.
  2. Causing canker; ulcerating.
    • Hither may come the prisoner, escaping from his dark and narrow cell and cankerous chain, to breathe free air in this enchanted atmosphere.1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Hall of Fantasy”, in Mosses from an Old Manse

cankerous meaning in Tamil

cankerous in Tamil

அரித்தழிக்கின்ற, அரித்துத்தின்னுகின்ற

Forms of cankerous

comparativemore cankerous
superlativemost cankerous

Origin of cankerous

From canker + -ous.

Questions about cankerous

What does cankerous mean?
Cankerous means infected with canker; ulcerous.
What is cankerous in Tamil?
Cankerous in Tamil is அரித்தழிக்கின்ற, அரித்துத்தின்னுகின்ற. See Cankerous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cankerous?
Cankerous is an adjective.

Words near cankerous in the dictionary

  1. cankered
  2. cankeredly
  3. cankeredness
  4. cankering
  5. cankerlike
  6. cankerous
  7. cankerroot
  8. cankers
  9. cankersome
  10. cankerweed
  11. cankerworm

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