Meanings
comparative more varicose · superlative most varicose
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAbnormally swollen, dilated or knotty.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveabnormally swollen or knotty
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wers-
- Latinvarix
- Middle English[Term?]
- Englishvaricose
From varix, via Middle English [Term?] from Latin varix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wers-. By surface analysis, varic- + -ose. See also Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), Lithuanian viršus (“top”).
More words from Middle English, Latin, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian разширен
- разширен (razširen)abnormally swollen
Catalan varicós
- varicósabnormally swollen
Chinese Mandarin 曲張的 /曲张的
- 曲張的 /曲张的 (qūzhāng de)abnormally swollen
Dutch gezwollen
- gezwollenabnormally swollen
Finnish varikoottinen
- varikoottinenabnormally swollen
French variqueux
- variqueuxabnormally swollen
German varikös
- varikösabnormally swollen
Hungarian visszeres
- visszeresabnormally swollen
Irish borrtha
- borrthaabnormally swollen
Italian varicoso
- varicosoabnormally swollen
Māori hātarotaro, tīponapona
- hātarotaroabnormally swollen
- tīponaponaabnormally swollen
Portuguese varicoso
- varicosoabnormally swollen
Romanian varicos
- varicosabnormally swollen
Spanish varicoso
- varicosoabnormally swollen
Cite this entry
varicose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varicose
“varicose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/varicose. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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