wartish

Adjective

wartish (comparative more wartish, superlative most wartish)

1. Resembling (that of) a wart.
   • The “scales” are occasioned by myriads of small insects, invisible to the naked eye, but clearly made out by the use of the microscope. They huddle in scales, or whitish-gray blotches, at first, upon the shanks of the fowl; and if not removed or destroyed early, will increase very rapidly until...1876, The Poultry World, Hartford, Connecticut: H.H. Stoddard, Volume V, No. 5, May, 1876, p. 129
   • The sacristan was a strange little creature, with a pinched Mongolian face and only a few wartish hairs blossoming on his chin.1928, Robert Byron, “Built in the Forest”, in The Station: Athos: Treasures and Men, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, page 224

   Synonyms:

   verrucous, warty