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cankered¹

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From Middle English cankered, y-cancred, past participle of Middle English cankren, equivalent to canker + -ed.

adjective more cankered · most cankered · cankred

  1. Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part.
  2. Ulcerated.
  3. figuratively Corrupted; morally corrupt.
  4. figuratively Bad-tempered.

cankered²

Where it comes from

From Middle English cancrede (preterite) and Middle English cankered, y-cancred (past participle) of Middle English cankren (“to canker”), equivalent to canker + -ed.

verb cankred

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of canker

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@misc{cankered_2026,
  title = {cankered},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cankered},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}