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