wart

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
  2. noun an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness)
  3. noun (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus

Etymology

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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