wartish

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13
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12
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7

Definition of wartish

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Resembling (that of) a wart.
    “1876, The Poultry World, Hartford, Connecticut: H.H. Stoddard, Volume V, No. 5, May, 1876, p. 129, 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 they form in wartish lumps like the caruncle on the neck of the turkey cock in appearance […]”
    “The sacristan was a strange little creature, with a pinched Mongolian face and only a few wartish hairs blossoming on his chin.”
    “Day and night she seethed with unyielding hatred that poisoned all her thoughts, ruined her digestion, and even inflamed her wartish blemish, a disfiguring defect on the temple beyond her left eye, too deep-rooted to be taken off.”

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Etymology

From wart + -ish.

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