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cankered en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English cankered, y-cancred, past participle of Middle English cankren, equivalent to canker + -ed.

Meanings

  1. Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part.
  2. Ulcerated.
  3. (figuratively) Corrupted; morally corrupt.
  4. (figuratively) Bad-tempered.

Forms

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cankred alternative, obsolete lexicographic
most cankered Degree=Sup lexicographic
more cankered Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

cankeredness · cankeredly · uncankered

cankered en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English cancrede (preterite) and Middle English cankered, y-cancred (past participle) of Middle English cankren (“to canker”), equivalent to canker + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of canker
    form of canker

Forms

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cankred alternative, obsolete lexicographic