wort

See also Wort

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /wəːt/
• (GenAm) IPA: /wɝt/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

Etymology 1

From Middle English wort, wurt, wirte, from Old English wyrt (“herb, vegetable, plant, crop, root”), from Germanic wurtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Cognate with German Wurz (“herb, root”), Dutch wort (“herb, root”), Danish urt (“herb”), Swedish ört (“herb”), Icelandic jurt (“herb”), Latin rādix (“root”). More at root.

Noun

wort (plural worts)

1. A plant; herb; vegetable.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy

     he drinks water, and lives on wort leaves, pulse, like a hogg, or scraps like a dog

   • 1845, Rev. Jeremy Taylor, Works:

     It is an excellent pleasure to be able to take pleasure in worts and water, in bread and onions, for then a man can never want pleasure when it is so ready for him, that nature hath spread it over all its provisions.

2. Any of various plants or herbs. The word is usually used in combination to refer to specific plants, e.g. St. John’s wort; however, it may be used on its own as a generic term.

Translations

any of various plants or herbs

Finnish: ruoho (fi), yrtti (fi)

Japanese: 草 (ja) (くさ, kusa)

Derived terms

Terms derived from wort

adder's wort adderwort American lungwort asterwort awlwort banewort barrenwort bellwort birthwort bishop's wort bitterwort bladderwort blawort bloodwort blue navelwort blue throatwort blushwort bogwort boragewort bridewort brimstonewort brotherwort brownwort bruisewort bugwort bullock's lungwort bullwort burstwort butterwort cancerwort catwort clown's ringwort colewort common ragwort coralwort cow's lungwort crosswort damewort danewort dragonwort dropwort dungwort ebony spleenwort elderwort european pillwort fanwort felonwort feltwort felwort feverwort figwort fleawort flukewort french lungwort frostwort fumewort galewort garlicwort gentianwort german madwort gipsywort glasswort golden lungwort golden ragwort goutwort greater spearwort gutwort

gypsywort hammerwort hartwort heathwort hemlock dropwort hillwort hogwort holewort honewort honeywort hoodwort hornwort ironwort kelpwort kidneywort knotwort laserwort lazarwort leadwort lesser spearwort lichwort lilywort liverwort lousewort lungwort lustwort madderwort madwort maidenhair spleenwort mallowwort marsh pennywort marshwort masterwort maudlinwort maywort meadowwort milkwort miterwort mitrewort modiwort moneywort moonwort moorwort motherwort moudiewort moudiwort mountain spiderwort mowdiewort mudwort mugwort mulewort nailwort navelwort nettlewort nipplewort peachwort pearlwort pennywort pepperwort peterwort pilewort pillwort pipewort quillwort quinsywort rattlewort ribwort

rosewort rupturewort saltwort sandwort sawwort scorpionwort scurvywort sea lungwort sea milkwort sea ragwort sea sandwort sea starwort setterwort sicklewort sleepwort slipperwort sneezewort soapwort sparrowwort spearwort spiderwort spleenwort spoonwort springwort spurwort St. Jame's wort St. John's wort St. Peter's wort St.John's wort stabwort staggerwort staithwort standerwort starwort staverwort stinkwort stitchwort stonewort strapwort sulphurwort swallowwort sweetwort talewort tetterwort thoroughwort throatwort thrumwort toothwort towerwort tree lungwort trophywort wall pennywort wallwort wartwort water dropwort water figwort water pennywort water starwort waterwort white navelwort white swallowwort willowwort woundwort yellow starwort yellowwort

Etymology 2

From Middle English wort, worte, from Old English wyrt, wyrte (“brewing wort, new beer, spice”), from Proto-Germanic *wurtijō (“spice”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǝd-, *wrād- (“sprout, root”). Cognate with Dutch wort (“wort”), German Würze (“wort, seasoning, spice”), Danish urt (“beer wort”), Swedish vört (“beer wort”).

Noun

wort (uncountable)

1. Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer

Translations

liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash

Danish: urt (da) Dutch: wort (nl) Finnish: vierre (fi)

Irish: braichlis (ga) f. Russian: сусло (ru) (súslo) n. Swedish: vört (sv)

See also

• Wort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• trow

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Dutch

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Noun

wort n.

1. wort (unfermented beer)

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurdan.

Noun

wort n.

1. word

Descendants

• Dutch: woord

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurdan, whence also Old English word, Old Norse orð.

Noun

wort n.

1. word

Descendants

• German: Wort
• Yiddish: וואָרט (vort)