Meanings
nounwart (plural warts)
plural warts
- medicineA 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.
- figurativelyinformalAnything 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 - derogatoryslangcomputingAny 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)1 more example
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)
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*wartǭ
- Proto-West Germanic*wartā
- Old Englishwearte
- Middle Englishwarte
- Englishwart
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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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek θύμιον
- θύμιον (thúmion)type of growth occurring on the skin
Arabic ثُؤْلُول
- ثُؤْلُول (ṯuʔlūl)type of growth occurring on the skin
Basque garatxo
- garatxotype of growth occurring on the skin
Bulgarian брада́вица
- брада́вица (bradávica)type of growth occurring on the skin
Catalan berruga
- berrugatype of growth occurring on the skin
Chinese Mandarin 瘊子, 肉贅 /肉赘
- 瘊子 (hóuzi)type of growth occurring on the skin
- 肉贅 /肉赘 (ròuzhuì)type of growth occurring on the skin
- 疣 (yóu)type of growth occurring on the skin
- 贅瘤 /赘瘤 (zhuìliú)type of growth occurring on the skin
- 贅疣 /赘疣 (zhuìyóu)type of growth occurring on the skin
Czech bradavice
- bradavicetype of growth occurring on the skin
Danish vorte
- vortetype of growth occurring on the skin
Dutch wrat
- wrattype of growth occurring on the skin
Esperanto veruko
- verukotype of growth occurring on the skin
Estonian soolatüügas
- soolatüügastype of growth occurring on the skin
Finnish syylä
- syylätype of growth occurring on the skin
French verrue
- verruetype of growth occurring on the skin
German Warze
- Warzetype of growth occurring on the skin
Greek κρεατοελιά, ακροχορδώνα
- κρεατοελιά (kreatoeliá)type of growth occurring on the skin
- ακροχορδώνα (akrochordóna)type of growth occurring on the skin
- μυρμηγκιά (myrmigkiá)type of growth occurring on the skin
Hawaiian konakona, kona
- konakonatype of growth occurring on the skin
- konatype of growth occurring on the skin
Hebrew יַבֶּלֶת
- יַבֶּלֶת (yabėleţ)type of growth occurring on the skin
Hindi मस्सा
- मस्सा (massā)type of growth occurring on the skin
Hungarian szemölcs, bibircsók
- szemölcstype of growth occurring on the skin
- bibircsóktype of growth occurring on the skin
- varacsktype of growth occurring on the skin
- tyúkszemtype of growth occurring on the skin
- vadhústype of growth occurring on the skin
Icelandic varta
- vartatype of growth occurring on the skin
Indonesian kutil
- kutiltype of growth occurring on the skin
Irish faithne
- faithnetype of growth occurring on the skin
Italian verruca, porro
- verrucatype of growth occurring on the skin
- porrotype of growth occurring on the skin
Japanese 疣
- 疣 (ibo)type of growth occurring on the skin
Korean 사마귀
- 사마귀 (samagwi)type of growth occurring on the skin
Latin verrūca
- verrūcatype of growth occurring on the skin
Latvian kārpa
- kārpatype of growth occurring on the skin
Lithuanian karpa
- karpatype of growth occurring on the skin
Māori tona, kautona
- tonatype of growth occurring on the skin
- kautonatype of growth occurring on the skin
- kiritonatype of growth occurring on the skin
- marupotype of growth occurring on the skin
- unahiauatype of growth occurring on the skin
- tongatongatype of growth occurring on the skin
Norwegian Bokmål vorte
- vortetype of growth occurring on the skin
Persian زگیل, بالو
- زگیل (zegil)type of growth occurring on the skin
- بالو (bâlu)type of growth occurring on the skin
- آزخ (âzax)type of growth occurring on the skin
Polish brodawka, kurzajka
- brodawkatype of growth occurring on the skin
- kurzajkatype of growth occurring on the skin
Portuguese verruga
- verrugatype of growth occurring on the skin
Romanian neg, gâlmă
- negtype of growth occurring on the skin
- gâlmătype of growth occurring on the skin
Russian борода́вка
- борода́вка (borodávka)type of growth occurring on the skin
Slovak bradavica
- bradavicatype of growth occurring on the skin
Spanish verruga, ticte
- verrugatype of growth occurring on the skin
- tictetype of growth occurring on the skin
- testetype of growth occurring on the skin
Swedish vårta
- vårtatype of growth occurring on the skin
Tagalog butig, kulugo
- butigtype of growth occurring on the skin
- kulugotype of growth occurring on the skin
Tamil மரு
- மரு (maru)type of growth occurring on the skin
Thai หูด
- หูด (hùut)type of growth occurring on the skin
Turkish siğil
- siğiltype of growth occurring on the skin
Ukrainian боро́давка
- боро́давка (boródavka)type of growth occurring on the skin
Vietnamese mụn cóc, mụt cóc
- mụn cóctype of growth occurring on the skin
- mụt cóctype of growth occurring on the skin
- hột cơmtype of growth occurring on the skin
Welsh dafaden
- dafadentype of growth occurring on the skin
Yiddish בראָדעווקע
- בראָדעווקע (brodevke)type of growth occurring on the skin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with wart
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
wart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wart
MLA
“wart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wart. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wart,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wart.
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