yaws · noun1
Uncertain. Attested since the 1670s, perhaps from an English creole (or other language) of the Caribbean.
yaws · verb, noun2
Inflected forms.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
yaws
Today it means: A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble berries. Full definition →