cankered

Meanings

Adjective

• Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part
• Ulcerated
• Corrupted; morally corrupt
• bad-tempered

Verb

• Past of canker

Origin

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