wart
/wɔɹt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "A wart has appeared on my toe."
- "Things that look too good to be true usually are, and every company has some warts that need to be taken into account."
- "Hungarian warts suck big time! If you need them, your functions are too big and your class interface is much too fat."
- "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."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: warte, wearte, *wartā, *wartǭ
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /wɔɹt/
- British English: /wɔːt/