verrucose

9.9

Covered with many small raised bumps like warts

adjective
/vɜːrˈruːkoʊs/

Specialized

: verrugoso

The patient's hands appeared verrucose, with multiple raised bumps on the surface.

Examples

The botanist noted the verrucose texture of the plant's stem under the microscope.
Some amphibians have verrucose skin which helps them blend into their environment.
The doctor examined the verrucose lesions on her arm.
He was diagnosed with a verrucose skin condition.
The patient's hands appeared verrucose, with multiple raised bumps on the surface.
Some amphibians have verrucose skin which helps them blend into their environment.
The botanist noted the verrucose texture of the plant's stem under the microscope.

Synonyms

warty

vsverrucose

1 5.5

Having small rough bumps on the skin or a surface

is the same idea but emphasizes the state of being covered rather than cause

warted

vsverrucose

1 7.4

Having small hard bumps on the skin or surface

is broader, stressing general wart-like covering rather than distinct separate warts

verrucous

vsverrucose

Specialized

9.9

Having a rough, bumpy surface like a wart

is focused on actual coverage by wart-like bumps rather than roughness alone

wartlike

vsverrucose

6.2

Having small hard raised bumps like those on a toad

is about being covered by such projections rather than merely resembling them

Antonyms

smooth

256 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

How Rough

verrucose

Specialized

9.9

bumpy

68 1.0

uneven

42 2.3

smooth

256 1.0

Surface Forms

verrucose positive

Morphology

verrucose = verruca (semi-transparent) = verruca + ose

Formed from the medical noun 'verruca' plus the adjectival suffix '-ose'; the morphological relation is regular, but both elements are technical/Latinate and thus not obvious to typical learners.

Etymology

Verrucose comes from the Latin verruca, which means 'wart'. So verrucose simply means 'covered with warts or wart-like bumps'.