wennyadj.
Now rare or Obsolete.
1. Of the nature of or similar to a wen.
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wenny1597
atheromatous1676
steatomatous1681
encysted1705
hydatical1712
cystic1714
incystated1729
hygromatous1813
saccated1846
polycystic1861
cystoid1871
hydatic1872
monocystic1872
oligocystic1872
cystomatous1876
monocysted1885
saccate1889
ovuligerous1892
sarcocystic1927
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 463 A remedie against..hard wennie swellings.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Goitrons The wennie bags that breed vnder the throats of the most inhabitants of the Alpes.
1672 R. Wiseman Treat. Wounds ii. App. i. 79 I have had some persons..so deformed with these [cicatrices], as they have suspected them to be wenny.
1749 Philos. Trans. 1748 (Royal Soc.) 45 536 Wenny Tumours of a monstrous Size.
1766 Compl. Farmer Capellets, in horses, are particular swellings..of a wenny nature, which grow on the heel of the hock, and on the point of the elbow.
2. Afflicted with wens; goitrous.
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wenny1630
tumorous1863
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > glandular disorders > [adjective] > goitre
wenny1630
goitrous1796
goitral1836
goitred1851
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 60 The women are..for the most part wenny, that is, having great bunches under their chinnes with drinking snow water.
1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 110 Others..with hump-backs; wenny neck; and, even, horns.
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