cankered

[ kang-kerd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

morally corrupt.
bad-tempered.
(of plants)
1. destroyed or having portions destroyed by the feeding of a cankerworm.
2. having a cankerous part; infected with a canker.
ulcerated.

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; canker, -ed ³

Why is a cankered tie indissoluble, notwithstanding the great maxim adopted by the code, Quicquid ligatur dissolubile est?

One of them spoke of such charming impudence, and George looked at her with his cankered eye.

He has become rotten without ever being ripe, the flower to which he should have attained has been cankered in the bud.

"The fruit is the cankered effort of a barren tree," cast back Weng over his shoulder.

Is not thy effrontery impenetrable, and thy heart thoroughly cankered?

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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