Re: Verruca

Nik Taylor writes:
 > James Landau wrote:
 > > There is also a band named Veruca Salt (this being spelt with one R,
 > > I'm SURE), further familiarizing the word (I've come across people who
 > > have heard of the band, but had no idea where the name came from!)
 >
 > I'd initially interpreted it, when I first heard it, as "Baruk Assault",
 > and wondered what "Baruk" meant.  :-)  Of course, when I found out what
 > the name actually was, it still made no more sense to me.
 >
 > > they will usually just say "wart" in popular conversation;
 > > "verruca" sounds like a scientific oddity.
 >
 > So, verruca = wart?  Or is it a type or wart, or what?
 >
From the _New Oxford Dictionary of English_:

verruca /v@'ru:k@/ >noun (pl. verrucae /-ki:, -si:/ or verrucas) a
contagious and usually painful wart on the sole of the foot; a plantar
wart.
 * (in medical use) a wart of any kind.
-DERIVATIVES verrucose adjective, verrucous adjective
-ORIGIN late Middle English, from Latin.

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