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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
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.
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Translations[edit]
type of growth occurring on the skin
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German[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
wart
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
wart
- (chiefly colloquial) singular imperative of warten
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of warten
Middle Dutch[edit]
Verb[edit]
wart
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
wart
- Alternative form of warte
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьrtъ, from *vьrtěti.
Noun[edit]
wart m inan
Declension[edit]
Declension of wart
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adjectives
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Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from German wert, from Middle High German wert, from Old High German werd, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz.
Alternative forms[edit]
- warty (obsolete, proscribed)
Adjective[edit]
wart (comparative bardziej wart, superlative najbardziej wart)
- worth (having a value of; proper to be exchanged for)
- Antonym: niewart
- worth, worthy (deserving)
- Antonym: niewart
Declension[edit]
Declension of wart
case | singular | plural | |||||
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masculine personal/animate | masculine inanimate | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | ||
nominative, vocative | wart | warte | warta | warci | warte | ||
genitive | wartego | wartej | wartych | ||||
dative | wartemu | wartym | |||||
accusative | wartego | wart | warte | wartą | wartych | warte | |
instrumental | wartym | wartymi | |||||
locative | wartej | wartych |
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noun
verb
- wartościować impf
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
wart m inan
Declension[edit]
Declension of wart
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
wart f
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