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verrucose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
ver-ru-cose
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Covered in warts; warty

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin verrūcōsus, from Latin verrūca (“wart”). By surface analysis, verruca + -ose. Doublet of verrucous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: verrūcōsus, verrūca

Inflected Forms

more verrucose (comparative) most verrucose (superlative)

Derived Forms

verrucosely verrucosity

Frequently Paired Words

verruca verrucous verruculose

Synonyms

warty wartlike

Questions

What does verrucose mean?
Covered in warts; warty
Where does verrucose come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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