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Warty

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wart  (wôrt)
n.
1.
a. A hard rough lump growing on the skin, caused by infection with certain viruses and occurring typically on the hands or feet.
b. A similar growth or protuberance, as on a plant.
2. A genital wart.
3.
a. One that resembles or is likened to a wart, especially in unattractiveness or smallness.
b. An imperfection; a flaw.
Idiom:
warts and all Slang
All defects and imperfections notwithstanding: They love each other, warts and all.
[Middle English, from Old English wearte.]
warted, warty adj.
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Adj.1.warty - (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts
verrucose, wartlike
rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
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Not unlike an alligator in shape, with spikes on its head and tail, with a warty, squatty ridge-encrusted body, a big pouch beneath its chin, and long-toed claws, it was enough to strike terror into the heart of almost any one.
Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context
Hold up your near fore-foot and I'll impress the fact upon it, warty toad of a dried mud-puddle.
From Mine Own People by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
Propped on its long row of low thick-legged columns, its back knobbed with domes, it seemed like a vast warty bug taking a meditative walk.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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