cankered
English
adj
Definitions
- Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part
- Ulcerated
- (figuratively) Corrupted; morally corrupt
- (figuratively) bad-tempered
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cankered, cankren (canker) affix from English canker.
Origin
English
canker
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- canker English
- cankeredly English
- cankeredness English
- cankerlike English
- cankerous English
- cankerworm English
- cankery English
- encanker English
- uncankered English
- canker Middle English
- cankered Middle English
- cankren Middle English