verrucous, a.
(vɛˈruːkəs)
[ad. L. verrūcōs-us, f. verrūca verruca: cf. prec. So OF. verrucueux, veruqueux, mod.F. verruqueux, -euse.]
1. = verrucose a. 1 and 2. rare.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr. (following Cooper), Verrucous, full of warts, hillocks or knaps. 1658 Phillips, Verrucous, full of warts or little excrescences of the flesh. [Similarly in Chambers Cycl. (1728).] 1828–32 Webster s.v., A verrucous capsule. |
2. Path. Of the nature of a wart or warts; characterized by the formation of warts.
| 1728 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Verruca, Verrucous is applied to any Excrescencies which have a resemblance to Warts. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. ii. 1262/2 The urethra is sometimes occupied by verrucous vegetations, the result of gonorrhœa. 1876 Duhring Dis. Skin 165 In thickened,..localized patches of eczema a peculiar warty, verrucous condition at times shows itself. 1900 Hutchinson's Arch. Surg. XI. 223 They are of the kind known as the Verrucous nævus. |