Dictionary

warty en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English varty, equivalent to wart + -y.

Meanings

1. Having warts.
   • 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. 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 36:
   • a warty leaf
   • “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.[…]” 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VI, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 66:
2. Similar to a wart.
   • a warty excrescence

Forms

Deriveds

Sulawesi warty pig · warty thick-toed gecko · Celebes warty pig · warty venus

Synonyms

verrucose · verrucous · wartish

Translations (16)

vec porozo (having warts) · bg покрит с брадавици (having warts) · sv vårtig (having warts) · es verrugoso (having warts) · pl brodawkowy (having warts) · fi syyläinen (having warts) · eo veruka (having warts) · cs bradavčitý (similar to a wart) · ca berrugós (having warts) · cs bradavičnatý (having warts) · de warzig (having warts) · fr verruqueux (having warts) · it verrucoso (having warts) · ga gartach (having warts) · la verrūcōsus (having warts) · pl brodawkowaty (having warts)