wart

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See also: Wart and wärt

English

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Etymology

From Middle English warte, werte, from Old English wearte, from Proto-West Germanic *wartā, from Proto-Germanic *wartǭ. Cognate with Dutch wrat, German Warze, Hunsrik Waarz, Swedish vårta and Danish vorte.

Pronunciation

Noun

wart (plural warts)

  1. (pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
    A wart has appeared on my toe.
  2. Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
  3. (informal, figurative) Anything unsightly or undesirable; a blemish.
    • 2011, Pat Dorsey, The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing:
      Things that look too good to be true usually are, and every company has some warts that need to be taken into account.
  4. (programming, slang, derogatory) Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.
    • 1998, Chris Ahlstrom, “Hungarian notation”, in microsoft.public.vc.language (Usenet):
      Hungarian warts suck big time! If you need them, your functions are too big and your class interface is much too fat.
    • 2002, Linonut, “Computer Science”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet):
      Far easier to not use warts in the first place. Even if a wart is present, you still have to verify the variable's declaration anyway, if you're a diligent maintenance programmer.

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German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

wart

  1. second-person plural preterite of sein

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

wart

  1. (chiefly colloquial) singular imperative of warten
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of warten

Middle Dutch

Verb

wart

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of werden

Middle English

Noun

wart

  1. Alternative form of warte

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьrtъ, from *vьrtěti.

Noun

wart m inan

  1. the main current of a river
    Hypernym: nurt
Declension
Declension of wart
singular plural
nominative wart warty
genitive wartu wartów
dative wartowi wartom
accusative wart warty
instrumental wartem wartami
locative warcie wartach
vocative warcie warty
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from German wert, from Middle High German wert, from Old High German werd, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz.

Alternative forms

  • warty (obsolete, proscribed)

Adjective

wart (comparative bardziej wart, superlative najbardziej wart, no derived adverb)

  1. worth (having a value of; proper to be exchanged for)
    Antonym: niewart
  2. worth, worthy (deserving)
    Antonym: niewart
Declension
Declension of wart (hard)
singular plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter virile (= masculine personal) non-virile
nominative wart warta warte warci warte
genitive wartego wartej wartego wartych
dative wartemu wartej wartemu wartym
accusative wartego wart wartą warte wartych warte
instrumental wartym wartą wartym wartymi
locative wartym wartej wartym wartych
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Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Wert.

Noun

wart m inan

  1. (obsolete) price, worth, value
    Synonyms: cena, wartość
Declension
Declension of wart
singular plural
nominative wart warty
genitive wartu wartów
dative wartowi wartom
accusative wart warty
instrumental wartem wartami
locative warcie wartach
vocative warcie warty

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

wart f

  1. genitive plural of warta

Further reading

  • wart in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wart in Polish dictionaries at PWN

West Frisian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian warte / worte, from Proto-Germanic *wartǭ. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wotte / Woote. Doublet of wrat.

Noun

wart c (plural warten, diminutive wartsje)

  1. (pathology) wart (painful growth in the skin)
    Synonym: wrat
    Der is in wart op myn tean ferskynde.
    A wart has appeared on my toe.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

wart

  1. second/third-person present singular of warre

References

  • “wart” at Frysker
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