MEANING
Covered with, resembling, or marked by wartlike projections.
Use it for
A body studded with wartlike bumps; uneven organic protrusions; unfamiliar skin topographyChoose it for raised wartlike texture rather than generalized ugliness.
Words that belong together
- verrucose skin
- verrucose surface
- verrucose growth
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Verrucose growths clustered around the implant.
The specimen had a verrucose outer surface.
Under magnification, the apparently smooth membrane was verrucose.
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- verrucose
Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Specialized; verrucous is an established alternative form. Describes an appearance, not proof of viral infection or contagiousness. Adjective; normally non-gradable; use the base form rather than mechanical -er/-est forms. Orthographic/lexical alternative: verrucous. Derived/related family (not inflections): verruca (related noun).
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