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Synonyms for wart

Grammar : Noun
Spell : wawrt
Phonetic Transcription : wɔrt

Définition of wart

Origin :
  • Old English wearte, from Proto-Germanic *warton- (cf. Old Norse varta, Old Frisian warte, Dutch wrat, Old High German warza, German warze "wart"), from PIE root *wer- (1) "high, raised spot on the body, or other bodily infirmity" (cf. Latin verruca "swelling, wart;" see vary). Phrase warts and all "without concealment of blemishes" is attested from 1763, supposedly from Oliver Cromwell's instruction to his portrait painter.
  • noun small growth or lump on the skin
  • noun imperfection
Example sentences :
  • What is it when one kisses his mistress' freckle neck, another the wart on her nose?
  • Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus
  • That was my school nickname, from a wart I once had on my chin.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
  • Her lips drooped at the corners and there was a wart upon her chin.
  • Extract from : « Master of the Vineyard » by Myrtle Reed
  • He discovers a wart, he pries into a pore; and he calls it knowledge of man.
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
  • He had a wart on his cheek, and wore a straw hat summer and winter.
  • Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
  • But, for God's sake, are you going to sit here like a wart on a dead dog an' wait for 'em?
  • Extract from : « Bar-20 Days » by Clarence E. Mulford
  • I've said the Indian must die, because he has no wart on his nose.
  • Extract from : « John Dough and the Cherub » by L. Frank Baum
  • Cromwell had a wart on his nose, but still was esteemed an efficient man.
  • Extract from : « The Unpopular Review Vol. I » by Various
  • He is fifty years old and has a red nose and a wart on his chin.
  • Extract from : « With the French in France and Salonika » by Richard Harding Davis
  • “Come on, Wart,” Hampden called to Siddons from the doorway.
  • Extract from : « Aces Up » by Covington Clarke

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