warty

American  

[wawr-tee] / ˈwɔr ti /

adjective

wartier, wartiest

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

2. resembling a wart.

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Other Word Forms

• wartiness noun

Etymology

Origin of warty

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

Example Sentences

The Bryants aren’t the only ones smiling by the time the last strips of white and purple tulle are wrapped around the mummy and the giant warty witch is securely tied against a tree.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From New York Times

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

From Salon

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.

From Science Magazine

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

From Washington Post