wart

See also: Wart and wärt

English

Etymology

From Old English wearte, from Proto-Germanic *wartǭ. Cognate with Dutch wrat, German Warze, Hunsrik Waarz, Swedish vårta.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /wɔːt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /wɔɹt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

wart (plural warts)

  1. (pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
  2. Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
  3. (computing, programming, slang, derogatory) Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.
    • 1998, "Chris Ahlstrom", Hungarian notation (on newsgroup microsoft.public.vc.language)
      Hungarian warts suck big time! If you need them, your functions are too big and your class interface is much too fat.
    • 2002, "Linonut", Computer Science (on newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy)
      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.

Derived terms

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German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vaːɐ̯t/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

wart

  1. Second-person plural preterite of sein.

Middle Dutch

Verb

wart

  1. first-person and third-person singular past indicative of werden

Polish

Etymology

From German wert.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vart/
  • audio(file)

Adjective

wart (comparative bardziej wart, superlative najbardziej wart)

  1. worth

Declension
declension of wart
case singular plural
m pers or m anim m inan n f m pers other
nominative, vocative wart warte warta warci warte
genitive wartego wartej wartych
dative wartemu wartym
accusative wartego wart warte wartą wartych warte
instrumental wartym wartymi
locative wartej wartych

Derived terms

Further reading
  • wart in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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