cancerous

PRONUNCIATION:
(KAN-suh-ruhs)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Having a harmful, uncontrolled growth.
2. Of or relating to cancer: a malignant growth or tumor.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin cancer (crab, tumor, cancer). Canker/cankerous are from the same root. Earliest documented use: 1425.
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DANCEROUS - one who thinks he can dance but can't.