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canker

n.
US //ˈkæŋkɝ// UK //kˈæŋkɐ// canker Archaic
Synonyms
Etymology 1

From Middle English canker, cancre, from Old English cancer (“cancer; crab”), akin to Dutch kanker, Old High German chanchar. Ultimately from Latin cancer (“a cancer”). Doublet of cancer, a later borrowing from Latin, and chancre, which came through French.

Etymology 2

From Middle English cankren, from the noun (see above).

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