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wort cunning

UK/ˈwɜːtˌkʌnɪŋ/US/ˈwɝtˌkʌnɪŋ/

wort cunning is the alternative form of wortcunning.

Meaning of wortcunning

Noun

wortcunning (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Knowledge of the medicinal uses of plants and herbs.
    • (see title)1864, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England

Origin of wort cunning

From wort + cunning.

Questions about wort cunning

What is wort cunning the alternative form of?
Wort cunning is the alternative form of wortcunning.
How do you pronounce wort cunning?
Wort cunning is pronounced /ˈwɜːtˌkʌnɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near wort cunning in the dictionary

  1. worstly
  2. worstness
  3. worsts
  4. Worswick
  5. wort
  6. wort cunning
  7. wort-cunning
  8. Wortabet
  9. wortamanin
  10. wortamannin
  11. wortcraft

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