cankered

cankered
cankeredly, adv.cankeredness, n.
/kang"keuhrd/, adj.
1. morally corrupt.
2. bad-tempered.
3. (of plants)
a. destroyed or having portions destroyed by the feeding of a cankerworm.
b. having a cankerous part; infected with a canker.
4. ulcerated.
[1375-1425; late ME; see CANKER, -ED3]

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