verrucose

The story

1. Late Latin · learned borrowing fromverrūcōsus
2. Late Latin · learned borrowing fromverrūcōsus
3. English todayverrucose

Learned borrowing from Late Latin verrūcōsus, from verrūca (“wart”). By surface analysis, verruca + -ose. Doublet of verrucous.

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