- a small hard spot that grows on your skin and that is caused by a virusTopics Health problemsc2
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- (also plantar wart)(both North American English)(British English verruca)a small hard spot like a wart on the bottom of the foot, which can be easily spread from person to person
Word OriginOld English wearte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wrat and German Warze.
Idioms
See wart in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarywarts and all
- (informal) including all the bad or unpleasant features of somebody/something
- The documentary shows the life of a fashion model, warts and all.
- She still loves him, warts and all.
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