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1
a
: a horny projection on the skin usually of the extremities produced by proliferation of the skin papillae and caused by any of numerous human papillomaviruses

called also verruca vulgaris

b
: any of numerous similar skin lesions not caused by viruses
2
: an excrescence or protuberance resembling a true wart
especially : a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on a plant
3
a
: one that suggests a wart especially in smallness, unpleasantness, or unattractiveness
b
: defect, imperfection
often used in the phrase warts and all
warted adjective
wartless adjective
warty adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Brown and wart-covered, four poisonous individuals stared out of their tank with a torpidity that belied the havoc their species has wrought. Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 26 May 2022 For quicker results, a dermatologist can burn off a wart with liquid nitrogen or remove it surgically. Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021 In the Mach-E, however, there is a camera wart on the steering column. K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 6 Aug. 2021 They are intended to increase the immune system activity locally in and around the wart. Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 June 2021 The unraveling inning revealed another Padres offensive wart. Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2021 My finger looked like a huge, black, puss-oozing wart. Keith Mccafferty, Field & Stream, 23 July 2014 But as happens so often during the draft process, warts began to appear on the top prospect. Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2020 The hair on his head sprouted in clumps; his face and hands were covered in warts. The Economist, 28 Jan. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English wearte; akin to Old High German warza wart, Old Church Slavonic vrědŭ injury

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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