cankerous

Meanings

• adjective

  Having the quality of a canker or cancer; malignant, destructive, or corrupting.

• adjective

  Full of cankers or cankerous sores; diseased.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with cankerous
angry , dangerously , hanger-on , mangerous , rangerously , strangerously

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Variants

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canker , cankerous , cankers

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Etymology

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Originally meaning 'full of cankers,' from Old French cangre, a canker or cancer.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'cankerous' comes from the Old French word cangre, which means 'cancer'.

2. Canker sores are not contagious, but they can be uncomfortable and painful.

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Related Concepts

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1. canker sore: A type of mouth ulcer that can be painful and persistent.

2. cankerworm: A type of caterpillar that can damage trees and crops.

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Culture

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In literature, 'cankerous' is often used to describe characters or situations that are corrupt or destructive. For example, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth,' Lady Macbeth is described as having 'a canker in her soul' that drives her to commit murder.

How to Memorize "cankerous"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a plant or tree with cankers or sores on its bark, spreading and destroying healthy parts.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the feeling of something destructive or corrupting.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the 'C' in cankerous stands for 'corrupt' or 'destructive'.

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