Meanings
adjectiveverrucose (comparative more verrucose, superlative most verrucose)
comparative more verrucose · superlative most verrucose
- Covered in warts; warty
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinverrūcōsus
- Late Latinverrūcōsus
- Englishverrucose
Learned borrowing from Late Latin verrūcōsus, from verrūca (“wart”). By surface analysis, verruca + -ose. Doublet of verrucous.
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APA
verrucose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verrucose
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“verrucose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verrucose. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verrucose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verrucose.
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