warty

[wawr-tee]

adjective

wartier, wartiest 

1. having warts; covered with or as with warts.

2. resembling a wart.

Other Word Forms

• wartiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of warty¹

First recorded in 1475–85; wart + -y ¹

Example Sentences

She held a pot of warty and hairy mushrooms.

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Emin’s oeuvre has only ever orbited one thing: herself, in her many mournful, voluptuous, warty, wild and furious incarnations.

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Benign jesters and warty trolls alike offer them up as provocative replies to any issue you can think of.

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Meanwhile, other wild pig species, such as the pygmy hog of India and the Visayan warty pig of the Philippines, both critically endangered, are also at risk.

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The warty amphibian can secrete a milky poison from the parotid glands behind its shoulders that can be fatal to wildlife.

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