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warty

[wawr-tee]

adjective, wart·i·er, wart·i·est.

having warts; covered with or as with warts.

resembling a wart.

Origin:
1475–85; wart + -y¹

Related forms

wart·i·ness, noun

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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wart (wɔːt)

—n
1.	pathol Also called: verruca any firm abnormal elevation of the skin caused by a virus
2.	botany a small rounded outgrowth
3.	warts and all with all blemishes evident

[Old English weart(e); related to Old High German warza, Old Norse varta]

'warted

—*adj*

'wartlike

—*adj*

'warty

—*adj*

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