wenny
wenny adjective: covered with wens.
Adjective
wenny (comparative more wenny, superlative most wenny)
- Covered with wens.
- Should not the Savoyards be called a nation of 'wenny throats, as those enormous wens are their charaćteristic ?1774, Letters from Italy, in the Years 1754 and 1755
- Characteristic of a wen.
- I have seen two cases of this wenny, or fatty disease, which had seized the breasts of women.1789, John Obadiah Justamond, William Houlston, Surgical Tracts, page 141
- When enlargements of the wenny kind take place on the legs and heels of animals, as is often the case in the horse, in the more simple kinds of them, the cure may be sometimes effected by the use of applications such as hot vinegar and alum;1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia
- Synonyms:
- wennish
Synonyms of wenny
Forms of wenny
| comparative | more wenny |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wenny |
Origin of wenny
From wen + -y.
Questions about wenny
- What does wenny mean?
- Wenny means covered with wens.
- What part of speech is wenny?
- Wenny is an adjective.
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