warty

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   covered with warts or wart-like growths

   The old toad had dark, warty skin.

2. 2
   adj

   rough or knobbly in a way that resembles a wart

   The squash has a hard, warty surface.

From wart + -y, literally "having or resembling warts." Wart descends from Old English wearte and has cognates across the Germanic languages.

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