wart
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English
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
wart (plural warts)
- (pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
- A wart has appeared on my toe.
- Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
- (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.
- (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.
Derived terms
Translations
type of growth occurring on the skin
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See also
German
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Verb
wart
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
wart
- (chiefly colloquial) singular imperative of warten
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of warten
Middle Dutch
Verb
wart
Middle English
Noun
wart
- Alternative form of warte
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьrtъ, from *vьrtěti.
Noun
wart m inan
Declension
Declension of wart
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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)
- worth (having a value of; proper to be exchanged for)
- Antonym: niewart
- 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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verb
- wartościować impf
Etymology 3
Noun
wart m inan
Declension
Declension of wart
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
wart f