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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

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

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2023

The warty skin and bright red eyes were unlike any he had seen in the high-elevation rainforest of Madagascar.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 8, 2021

He emerged from the caverns almost naked, swaddled in his linen diaper like a warty baby.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

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