wart

UK/wɔːt//wɔɹt/

wart noun: a type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

Noun

wart (plural warts)

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.
(figuratively, informal) Anything unsightly or undesirable; a blemish.
- Things that look too good to be true usually are, and every company has some warts that need to be taken into account.2011, Pat Dorsey, The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing
(derogatory, slang) Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.
- Hungarian warts suck big time! If you need them, your functions are too big and your class interface is much too fat.1998, Chris Ahlstrom, “Hungarian notation”, in microsoft.public.vc.language (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.2002, Linonut, “Computer Science”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet)

wart meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

wart in Hindi

type of growth occurring on the skin: मस्सा massā

wart in Tamil

type of growth occurring on the skin: மரு maru

wart in Malayalam

wart; a small protuberance on the flesh: അരിമ്പാറ arimpāṟa

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wart in Kannada: ಹಾಲುಣ್ಣಿ, ಚರ್ಮದ ಮೇಲಿನ ಸಣ್ಣಗಂಟು, ನರೂಲಿ, ನರಹುಲಿ
wart in Sanskrit: कच्छपी kacchapī
wart in Assamese: আজিনাই azinai
wart in Tagalog: butig, kulugo
wart in Arabic: ثُؤْلُول ṯuʔlūl
wart in Indonesian: kutil
wart in Persian: زگیل zegil, بالو bâlu, آزخ âzax
wart in Thai: หูด hùut
wart in Vietnamese: mụn cóc, mụt cóc, hột cơm
wart in Myanmar: ကြွက်နို့ krwaknui.

Examples of wart in a sentence

Or warts, or wheales, it hangs upon her skinne.
He cast a spell to cure warts.
Wart snakes are adapted to aquatic systems and prey almost exclusively on fish.

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Forms of wart

plural	warts

Plural of wart: warts

Origin of wart

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.

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Questions about wart

What does wart mean?: Wart means a type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
What is wart in Hindi?: Wart in Hindi is मस्सा (massā). See Wart meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is wart?: Wart is a noun.
How do you pronounce wart?: Wart is pronounced /wɔːt/ (UK).
What is the plural of wart?: The plural of wart is warts.

Words near wart in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: wart (page history and authors); زکام (Urdu) (page history and authors); അരിമ്പാറ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); wart (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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