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verrucous

verrucous adjective: wart-like, resembling a verruca; verrucose.

Adjective

verrucous (comparative more verrucous, superlative most verrucous)

  1. wart-like, resembling a verruca; verrucose
    Synonyms:
    wartish, warty

Synonyms of verrucous

Forms of verrucous

comparativemore verrucous
superlativemost verrucous

Origin of verrucous

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

Words formed from verrucous

  • verrucous carcinoma
  • verrucous endocarditis
  • verrucous hemangioma
  • verrucous nevus

Questions about verrucous

What does verrucous mean?
Verrucous means wart-like, resembling a verruca; verrucose.
What part of speech is verrucous?
Verrucous is an adjective.

Words near verrucous in the dictionary

  1. verrucosin
  2. verrucosins
  3. verrucosities
  4. verrucosity
  5. verrucotoxin
  6. verrucous
  7. verruculogen
  8. verruculose
  9. verruculosely
  10. verruculous
  11. verruga

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