Wart

  • 21Wart — Wạrt 〈m. 1; veraltet; nur noch in Zus.〉 Hüter, Aufseher (HausWart, KassenWart, SchlossWart, TankWart) [<mhd., ahd. wart „Wächter, Hüter“ <got. daurawards „Türhüter“] * * * Wạrt, der; [e]s, e [mhd., ahd. wart, zu ↑ wahren] (veraltet, sonst …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 22wart — stal·wart·ly; stal·wart·ness; thra·wart; wart; wart·ed; wart·less; stal·wart; …

    English syllables

  • 23wart —    This word is not usually a vocative. It occurs in Henry the Fourth Part Two (3:ii) only because it is the name of Thomas Wart, one of Falstaff’s recruits. There are of course punning references to the name: ‘Is thy name Wart?’ ‘Yea, sir.’… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 24wart — 1. n. an annoying person. (Also a rude term of address.) □ Who is that wart with the inch thick glasses? □ Tell the wart to leave, or we will be forced to call Ziggy, who doesn’t care for such persons. 2. n. a problem or an obstruction in a plan …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 25wart — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wearte; akin to Old High German warza wart, Old Church Slavic vrědŭ injury Date: before 12th century 1. a. a horny projection on the skin usually of the extremities that is caused by any of several …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 26wart — n. to remove a wart * * * [wɔːt] to remove a wart …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 27wart — Coś (jest) gówno (gówna) warte zob. gówno 1. Coś (jest) śmiechu warte zob. śmiech 1. Coś (jest) warte lepszej sprawy zob. sprawa 1. Coś nie jest warte funta kłaków, trzech groszy, złamanego grosza, szeląga; coś (jest) diabła warte zob. niewart 1 …

    Słownik frazeologiczny

  • 28wart — UK [wɔː(r)t] / US [wɔrt] noun [countable] Word forms wart : singular wart plural warts a small hard lump that grows on your skin, for example on your neck or hand, and is caused by a virus • warts and all …

    English dictionary

  • 29wart — [[t]wɔrt[/t]] n. 1) pat a small, often hard growth in the skin, usu. caused by a papillomavirus 2) ppa vet any small protuberance, as on the surface of certain plants, the skin of certain animals, etc 3) cvb any unattractive detrimental feature… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30wart — Benign tumour of basal cell of skin, the result of the infection of a single cell with wart virus (papillomavirus). Virus is undetectable in basal layer, but proliferates in keratinising cells of outer layers …

    Dictionary of molecular biology