(definition) by Webster 1913 Mon Jan 23 2006 at 4:55:23

Can"cer*ous (?), a. [Cf. F. cancéreux]

Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer. "cancerous vices" G. Eliot.
[1913 Webster]

-- Can"cer*ous*ly, adv. -- Can"cer*ous*ness, n.

 

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