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   wart

   /wɔːt/

   noun

   • 1. a small, hard, benign growth on the skin, caused by a virus.
   • ▪ any rounded excrescence on the skin of an animal or the surface of a plant: "the toad possesses a dangerous poison in its large warts"
   • ▪ an undesirable or disfiguring feature: "few products are without their warts"
   • 2. an obnoxious or objectionable person: informal, derogatory "what a bunch of nauseating little warts you are!"

   Word Origin Old Englishwearte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wrat and German Warze.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wartlike adjective
   • 2. warty adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • W

     4

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • T

     1

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