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wart I. \ˈwȯ(ə)r]t, ˈwȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English werte, wart, from Old English wearte; akin to Old High German warza wart, Old Norse varta, Latin verruca wart, Sanskrit varṣman height, top, surface 1. a. : a horny projection on the skin usually of the extremities produced by proliferation of the skin papillae and caused by a virus — called also verruca vulgaris b. : any of numerous verrucous skin lesions 2. : an excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically : a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on a plant (as in potato wart) 3. a. : someone or something suggestive of a wart especially in smallness or obnoxiousness < a misplaced wart of real estate that nearly everybody wanted cut down — N.M.Clark > b. Britain (1) : a junior midshipman (2) : a young subaltern II. noun : defect : imperfection — often used in the phrase warts and all |