warty

See also: Warty

English

Etymology

wart +‎ -y

Adjective

warty (comparative wartier or more warty, superlative wartiest or most warty)

1. Having warts.

   a warty leaf

   • 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VI, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 66:

     “Well that sounds like a good way; but that ain’t the way Bob Tanner done.” “No, sir, you can bet he didn’t, becuz he’s the wartiest boy in this town; and he wouldn’t have a wart on him if he’d knowed how to work spunk-water. […]”

   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 36:

     Strictly speaking, the term toad should be restricted to members of the family Bufonidae, of which the common European and natterjack toads are good examples. But common parlance has seen the name applied to any warty tail-less amphibian.

2. Similar to a wart.

   a warty excrescence

Synonyms

• (similar to a wart): wartish

Derived terms

• Sulawesi warty pig
• warty thick-toed gecko
• warty venus (Venus verrucosa)

 

Translations

having warts

• Bulgarian: покрит с брадавици (pokrit s bradavici)
• Catalan: berrugós (ca) m
• Esperanto: veruka
• German: warzig (de)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} faithneach, gartach
• Latin: verrūcōsus
• Spanish: verrugoso
• Swedish: vårtig
• Venetian: porozo

similar to a wart

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} faithneach

Anagrams

• watry

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvar.tɨ/

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• Rhymes: -artɨ
• Syllabification: war‧ty
• Homophone: Warty

Etymology 1

Adjective

warty (comparative bardziej warty, superlative najbardziej warty, no derived adverb)

1. (proscribed, obsolete) Alternative form of wart

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

warty m inan

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of wart

Noun

warty f

1. inflection of warta:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

• warty in Polish dictionaries at PWN