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語源

From 中期英語 warte, werte, from 古期英語 wearte, from Proto-West Germanic *wartā, from Proto-Germanic *wartǭ. Cognate with Dutch wrat, German Warze, Hunsrik Waarz, Swedish vårta and Danish vorte.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /wɔːt/
• (米国発音) IPA: /wɔɹt/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)t

名詞

wart (plural warts)

1. (pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

   A wart has appeared on my toe.

2. Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
3. (informal, figurative) Anything unsightly or undesirable; a blemish.
   • 2011, Pat Dorsey, The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing:

     Things that look too good to be true usually are, and every company has some warts that need to be taken into account.

4. (programming, slang, derogatory) Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.
   • 1998, Chris Ahlstrom, “Hungarian notation”, in microsoft.public.vc.language (Usenet):

     Hungarian warts suck big time! If you need them, your functions are too big and your class interface is much too fat.

   • 2002, Linonut, “Computer Science”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet):

     Far easier to not use warts in the first place. Even if a wart is present, you still have to verify the variable's declaration anyway, if you're a diligent maintenance programmer.

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参考

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