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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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Etymology

Origin of warty

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

Example Sentences

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A Chicago aquarium overcame one in a million odds to raise a warty frogfish.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

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 • Oct. 21, 2025

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 • Apr. 24, 2023

Unlike dogs, which are sometimes cruelly inbred to select for traits, warty pumpkins are merely briefly-held autumn trifles — even when a lot of biological science underlies their appearance.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2022

Broughton-Smith had stared down miserably at his warty knees.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill