wart

[wawrt] /wɔrt/
noun
1.
a small, often hard, abnormal elevation on the skin, usually caused by a papomavirus.
2.
any small protuberance, as on the surface of certain plants, the skin of certain animals, etc.
3.
any unattractive detrimental feature or aspect:
The biography presents the full story of the prime minister's political career, warts and all.
4.
venereal wart.
Origin
before 900; Middle English; Old English wearte; cognate with German Warze, Old Norse varta; akin to Latin verrūca wart
Related forms
warted, adjective
wartless, adjective
Examples from the web for wart
  • wart removers are medicines used to eliminate warts, which are small, usually painless growths on the skin caused by a virus.
  • From a distant vantage the set resembles a squat, wart-covered figure eight lying on its side.
  • Your comic timing may be worse than a wart hog's, but you can still read a short and provocative news story or play a tape.
  • Not if the face you're looking at has a hairy wart on the tip of its nose.
  • He injected bleomycin crystals in liquid form into each wart.
  • Quit being a bitter old worry-wart who alienates his friends.
  • Its green plugs even rotate to avoid cable kinks or wall-wart collisions.
  • So, not only did this thing bogart my kitchen counter, but it required another wall-wart and sat tethered to one location.
  • Only way to cure this little wart is to show a replay of that game and let fans judge for themselves.
  • The rest of the quarterbacks could be weekly starters, but they have a wart.
British Dictionary definitions for wart

wart

/wɔːt/
noun
1.
(pathol) Also called verruca. any firm abnormal elevation of the skin caused by a virus
2.
(botany) a small rounded outgrowth
3.
warts and all, with all blemishes evident
Derived Forms
warted, adjective
wartlike, adjective
warty, adjective
Word Origin
Old English weart(e); related to Old High German warza, Old Norse varta
Word Origin and History for wart
n.

Old English wearte, from Proto-Germanic *warton- (cf. Old Norse varta, Old Frisian warte, Dutch wrat, Old High German warza, German warze "wart"), from PIE root *wer- (1) "high, raised spot on the body, or other bodily infirmity" (cf. Latin verruca "swelling, wart;" see vary). Phrase warts and all "without concealment of blemishes" is attested from 1763, supposedly from Oliver Cromwell's instruction to his portrait painter.

wart in Medicine

wart (wôrt)
n.
A hard, rough lump that grows on the skin and is caused by infection with certain viruses; it typically occurs on the hands or feet. Also called verruca, verruga.

wart in Science
wart
  (wôrt)   

  1. A small growth on the skin caused by a virus, occurring typically on the hands or feet.

  2. A similar growth on a plant, especially one caused by a fungal disease.


Slang definitions & phrases for wart

wart

noun

A flaw; an imperfection: The new format has some warts, but no integrity warts

Related Terms

worrywart

[probably from warts and all]


wart in Technology


A small, crocky feature that sticks out of an otherwise clean design. Something conspicuous for localised ugliness, especially a special-case exception to a general rule. For example, in some versions of "csh(1)", single quotes literalise every character inside them except "!". In ANSI C, the "?" syntax used for obtaining ASCII characters in a foreign environment is a wart. See also miswart.
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