Re: Verruca
| From: | Danny Wier <dawier@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 7, 2003, 22:12 |
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The American Heritage Dictionary says it's a wart in general (in medicine),
or the wart on a toad's back or a leaf (in biology). The source cited was
again Latin.
The band Veruca Salt was mentioned in one of the versions of Adam Sandler's
"Hanukkah Song", wasn't it? ~Danny~
From: "Tim May" <butsuri@...>
> From the _New Oxford Dictionary of English_:
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> 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.