See wort in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "adder's wort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Bistorta officinalis",
"word": "adderwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Asteraceae spp.",
"word": "asterwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Subularia aquatica",
"word": "awlwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Ranunculus flammula",
"word": "banewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Epimedium alpinum",
"word": "barrenwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Meum athamanticum",
"word": "bearwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Campanulaceae spp.",
"word": "bellwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Trillium erectum",
"word": "birthwort (Aristolochia,"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Stachys officinalis",
"word": "bishop's-wort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Gentiana lutea",
"word": "bitterwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Utricularia spp.",
"word": "bladderwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Centaurea cyanus",
"word": "blawort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "bloodwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Aeschynanthus spp.",
"word": "blushwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Vaccinium myrtillus",
"word": "bogwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Boraginaceae",
"word": "boragewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "bridewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Peucedanum officinale",
"word": "brimstonewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "brotherwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"usually"
],
"taxonomic": "Scrophularia vernalis",
"word": "brownwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "bruisewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "bugwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "bullwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "burstwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "butterwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Kickxia spp.",
"word": "cancerwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "catwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "clown's ringwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "colewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "coralwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "crosswort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "damewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "danewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "dragonwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "dragon's wort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "dropwort *"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "dungwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "earwort *"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "elderwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "fanwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Solanum dulcamara",
"word": "felonwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Verbascum spp.",
"word": "feltwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Swertia spp.",
"word": "felwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Triosteum spp.",
"word": "feverwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Scrophularia spp.",
"word": "figwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"alt": "syn. Rachicallis rupestris",
"taxonomic": "Rachicallis americana",
"word": "flapwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "fleawort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "flukewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "frostwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "fumewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "galewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "garlicwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "gentianwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "gipsywort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "glasswort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "goutwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "gutwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "gypsywort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hammerwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hartwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "heathwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hillwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hogwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hog's wort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "holewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "honewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "honeywort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hoodwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hornwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "ironwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "John's wort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "kelpwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "kidneywort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "knotwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "laserwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "lazarwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "leadwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "lichwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "lilywort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "liverwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "lousewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "lungwort *"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "lustwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "madderwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Alyssum spp.",
"word": "madwort *"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "mallowwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "marshwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "masterwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "maudlinwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "maywort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "meadowwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Polygala spp.",
"word": "milkwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "miterwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "mitrewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "modiwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "moneywort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "moonwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "moorwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "motherwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "moudiewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "moudiwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "mowdiewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "mudwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "mugwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "mulewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nailwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "navelwort *"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nettlewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nipplewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "peachwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "pearlwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "pennywort *"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "pepperwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "peterwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "pilewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Pilularia spp.",
"word": "pillwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "pipewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "quillwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "quinsywort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Senecioneae spp.",
"word": "ragwort *"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "rattlewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "ribwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "rosewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "rupturewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "St. John's wort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "saltwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "sandwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "sawwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "saw-wort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "scorpionwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Cochlearia",
"word": "scurvywort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "setterwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "sicklewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "sleepwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "slipperwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Achillea ptarmica",
"word": "sneezewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "soapwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "sparrowwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Ranunculus flammula",
"word": "spearwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Tradescantia spp.",
"word": "spiderwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Asplenium spp.",
"word": "spleenwort *"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "spoonwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "springwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "spurwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "St. James' wort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "St. Peter's wort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "stabwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "staggerwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "staithwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "standerwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "starwort *"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "staverwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "stinkwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "stitchwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "stonewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "strapwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Peucedanum officinale",
"word": "sulphurwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "swallow-wort *"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "sweetwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "talewort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "tetterwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "thoroughwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Trachelium caeruleum",
"word": "throatwort *"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "thrumwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "toothwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "towerwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "trophywort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "wallwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Euphorbia, Lapsana communis",
"word": "wartwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Elatinaceae spp.",
"word": "waterwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"alt": "Salicaceae spp.",
"word": "willowwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "wortcunning"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "wortlike"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "wortlore"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "soup or stew made with vegetables",
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"usually"
],
"word": "worts"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "worty"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "woundwort *"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Blackstonia perfoliata",
"word": "yellowwort"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wréh₂ds"
},
"expansion": "PIE word\n *wréh₂ds",
"name": "PIE word"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en"
},
"expansion": "English",
"name": "langname"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "brassica"
},
"expansion": "sense 2",
"name": "senseno"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "smooth hornwort"
},
"expansion": "smooth hornwort",
"name": "vern"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Phaeoceros laevis",
"2": "species"
},
"expansion": "Phaeoceros laevis",
"name": "taxlink"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en"
},
"expansion": "English",
"name": "langname"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nonvascular"
},
"expansion": "sense 3",
"name": "senseno"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "wort",
"id": "plant"
},
"expansion": "Middle English wort",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "uert, uuort, uurt, wart, wert, werte, wirte, woort, woorte, word, worte, worth, worthe, wortt, wortte, wourt, wourte, wourth, wrt, wrte, wurd, wurte, wurth, wwrt, wyrt, (Early Middle English) virt, wirt, wvrt",
"otherforms": "1"
},
"expansion": "[and other forms]",
"name": "nb..."
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "wyrt",
"t": "a plant; vegetable; herb, spice"
},
"expansion": "Old English wyrt (“a plant; vegetable; herb, spice”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "(Late Old English) uuert, uert, virt, vyrt, (Old English) wurt, (Old English, rare) weort, wyirt, (chiefly Kent) wert, (in compounds) wort, (Early Old English) uuyrt, uyrt, wirt, wyrt",
"otherforms": "1"
},
"expansion": "[and other forms]",
"name": "nb..."
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*wurti",
"t": "a root; a spice"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wurti (“a root; a spice”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wrōts",
"t": "a root"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“a root”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wréh₂ds",
"t": "a root"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“a root”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "1"
},
"expansion": "¹",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "root"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of root",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "wort",
"t": "herb; plant"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch wort (“herb; plant”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "wort",
"t": "herb; root"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch wort (“herb; root”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wurz",
"t": "herb; root; spice"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wurz (“herb; root; spice”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "wurz"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German wurz",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Wurz"
},
"expansion": "German Wurz",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "jurt"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse jurt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "jurt"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic jurt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "urt"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian urt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-oda",
"2": "urt"
},
"expansion": "Old Danish urt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "urt"
},
"expansion": "Danish urt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-osw",
"2": "yrt",
"t": "plant"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish yrt (“plant”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "ört"
},
"expansion": "Swedish ört",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "wurt",
"t": "herb; plant; root"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon wurt (“herb; plant; root”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "wort"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German wort",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "PIE word\n *wréh₂ds\nFrom Middle English wort, wurt, wyrte (“any herb or plant; herb or plant used as food or medicine; (specifically) cabbage or vegetable of the genus Brassica; (chiefly plural) dish of cooked vegetables”) [and other forms], from Old English wyrt (“a plant; vegetable; herb, spice”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wurti (“a root; a spice”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“a root”), from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“a root”). Doublet of root and related to orchard.\ncognates\n* Old Dutch wort (“herb; plant”) (Middle Dutch wort (“herb; root”))\n* Old High German wurz (“herb; root; spice”) (Middle High German wurz, modern German Wurz)\n* Old Norse jurt, urt (“herb”) (Icelandic jurt, Norwegian urt, Old Danish urt (modern Danish urt), Old Swedish yrt (“plant”) (modern Swedish ört))\n* Old Saxon wurt (“herb; plant; root”) (Middle Low German wort, wurt)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "worts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "wort (plural worts)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 32 39 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 33 36 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 36 35 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 37 30 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 38 31 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 35 35 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 37 33 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 42 38",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 35 36 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ingrian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 34 32 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Irish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 35 36 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 41 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 37 34 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Old English translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 34 30 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 39 33 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 37 32 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 33 37 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 36 32 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 40 43",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "(food):"
},
{
"text": "(medicine):"
},
{
"ref": "1531, Thomas Elyot, “Of Sobrietie in Diete”, in Ernest Rhys, editor, The Boke Named the Governour […] (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co, published [1907], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 264:",
"text": "[T]he people of his citye, […] shulde be norysshed with barly brede and cakes of whete, and that the residue of their diete shulde be salte, olyues, chese, and likes, and more ouer wortes that the feldes do brynge furthe, for their potage.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Pouerty and Want Causes of Melancholy”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, section 2, member 4, subsection 6, page 207:",
"text": "[H]e [a poor person] drinks vvater, and liue's of vvort leaues, pulſe, like a hog, or ſcraps like a dog, […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXV Sermons Preached at Golden Grove: Being for the Winter Half-year, […].] Sermon XVI. The House of Feasting: Or The Epicures Measures. Part II.”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC, page 204:",
"text": "It is an excellent pleaſure to be able to take pleaſure in vvorts and vvater, in bread and onions; […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1999 November, Victoria Zak, “A Modern Herbal Tea Garden”, in 20,000 Secrets of Tea: The Most Effective Ways to Benefit from Nature’s Healing Herbs, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing, →ISBN, page 209:",
"text": "Two saints are credited with giving St. John's wort its name. One was St. John of Jerusalem, who used the wort (plant) during the crusades to heal his knights' battlefield wounds, and the other was John the Baptist.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Now chiefly as the second element in the names of plants: a plant used for food or medicine."
],
"id": "en-wort-en-noun-WYq-QVrS",
"links": [
[
"names",
"name#Noun"
],
[
"plants",
"plant#Noun"
],
[
"used",
"use#Verb"
],
[
"food",
"food"
],
[
"medicine",
"medicine#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic or historical) Now chiefly as the second element in the names of plants: a plant used for food or medicine."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "herb"
},
{
"word": "potherb"
},
{
"word": "vegetable"
},
{
"word": "herb"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"historical"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "64 24 11",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kruid"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 24 11",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"word": "yrtti"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 24 11",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"word": "ruoho"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 24 11",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jurt"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 24 11",
"alt": "くさ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kusa",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"word": "草"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 24 11",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bílka",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "би́лка"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 24 11",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rasténie",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "расте́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 24 11",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "би̑љка"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 24 11",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "bȋljka"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 24 11",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ört"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 24 11",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "llys"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 32 39 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 47 29 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 5 5 11 12 6 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 1 1 13 0 6 1 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 40 30 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 42 31 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Danish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 33 36 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 36 35 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 37 30 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 38 31 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 35 35 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 37 33 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 42 38",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 35 36 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ingrian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 34 32 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Irish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 35 36 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 41 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 47 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 37 34 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Old English translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 34 30 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 39 33 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 37 32 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 33 37 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 36 32 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 40 43",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XIX.] The Manner of Trimming and Ordering Gardens: The Sorting of All Those Things that Grow out of the Earth, into Their Due Places, besides Corne and Plants Bearing Fruit.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 2nd tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 11:",
"text": "VVhy (ſay they in ſcorne and contempt of povertie) here is the ſtem of a vvoort ſo vvell grovvne, here is a cabbage ſo thriven and fed, that a poore mans boord vvill not hold it.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1610–1614, John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Valentinian”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii, page 14, column 2:",
"text": "I am poore / And may expect a vvorſe; yet digging, pruning, / Mending of broken vvayes, carrying of vvater, / Planting of VVorts, and Onyons, any thing / That's honeſt, and a mans, Ile rather chooſe, […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1648, Robert Herrick, “His Content in the Country”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, page 233:",
"text": "Though ne'er ſo mean the Viands be, / They vvell content my Prevv and me. / Or Pea, or Bean, or VVort, or Beet, / VVhat ever comes, content makes ſvveet: […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Chiefly in the plural: a plant of the genus Brassica used as a vegetable; a brassica; especially, a cabbage (Brassica oleracea)."
],
"id": "en-wort-en-noun-en:brassica",
"links": [
[
"genus",
"genus"
],
[
"Brassica",
"Brassica#Translingual"
],
[
"vegetable",
"vegetable#Noun"
],
[
"brassica",
"brassica"
],
[
"cabbage",
"cabbage#Noun"
],
[
"Brassica oleracea",
"Brassica oleracea#Translingual"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(specifically, historical) Chiefly in the plural: a plant of the genus Brassica used as a vegetable; a brassica; especially, a cabbage (Brassica oleracea)."
],
"senseid": [
"en:brassica"
],
"tags": [
"historical",
"specifically"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Botany",
"orig": "en:Botany",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "12 32 39 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 5 5 11 12 6 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 1 1 13 0 6 1 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 33 36 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 36 35 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 37 30 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 38 31 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 35 35 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 37 33 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 42 38",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 35 36 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ingrian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 34 32 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Irish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 35 36 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 41 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 37 34 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Old English translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 34 30 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 39 33 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 37 32 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 33 37 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 36 32 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 40 43",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 28 35 13",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Plants",
"orig": "en:Plants",
"parents": [
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A non-vascular plant growing on land from the division Anthocerotophyta (the hornworts) or Marchantiophyta (liverworts); an anthocerotophyte or marchantiophyte."
],
"id": "en-wort-en-noun-en:nonvascular",
"links": [
[
"botany",
"botany"
],
[
"non-vascular plant",
"non-vascular plant"
],
[
"grow",
"grow"
],
[
"land",
"land#Noun"
],
[
"division",
"division"
],
[
"Anthocerotophyta",
"Anthocerotophyta"
],
[
"hornwort",
"hornwort"
],
[
"Marchantiophyta",
"Marchantiophyta#Translingual"
],
[
"liverwort",
"liverwort"
],
[
"anthocerotophyte",
"anthocerotophyte"
],
[
"marchantiophyte",
"marchantiophyte"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension, botany) A non-vascular plant growing on land from the division Anthocerotophyta (the hornworts) or Marchantiophyta (liverworts); an anthocerotophyte or marchantiophyte."
],
"senseid": [
"en:nonvascular"
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wɜːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wɔːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wort.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/wɝt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/woɹt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"homophone": "wert (one pronunciation)"
},
{
"homophone": "wart (one pronunciation)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)t"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)t"
}
],
"word": "wort"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "wort",
"id": "brewing wort"
},
"expansion": "Middle English wort",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wirt, woort, worth, worthe, wortte, wourt, wrt, wurt, wurte",
"otherforms": "1"
},
"expansion": "[and other forms]",
"name": "nb..."
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "wurt"
},
"expansion": "Old English wurt",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*wurtiju",
"t": "wort in brewing; seasoning, spice"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wurtiju (“wort in brewing; seasoning, spice”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wrōts",
"t": "a root"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“a root”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "2"
},
"expansion": "²",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wort",
"t": "wort in brewing"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wort (“wort in brewing”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "wert"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German wert",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wirz",
"t": "infusion of malt in brewing; unfermented beer"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wirz (“infusion of malt in brewing; unfermented beer”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "wirz"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German wirz",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Wirz",
"t": "juice; sweet liquid; unfermented beer"
},
"expansion": "German Wirz (“juice; sweet liquid; unfermented beer”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "(obsolete)",
"name": "qualifier"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Würze",
"t": "aroma; seasoning, spice; spiciness"
},
"expansion": "German Würze (“aroma; seasoning, spice; spiciness”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "virtr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse virtr",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "urt",
"t": "wort in brewing"
},
"expansion": "Danish urt (“wort in brewing”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "virt"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic virt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "vørter"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian vørter",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "vört"
},
"expansion": "Swedish vört",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English wort, worte (“infusion of grain (probably malted barley) for brewing ale or beer; unfermented or incompletely fermented beer; infusion of honey and water for making mead; unfermented decoction or infusion of other substances used for food or medicine”) [and other forms], from Old English wurt, wyrt, wyrte (“wort in brewing”), from a merger of Proto-West Germanic *wurtiju (“wort in brewing; seasoning, spice”) and *wurti (“root; spice”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“a root”): see further at etymology 1.\ncognates\n* Dutch wort (“wort in brewing”)\n* Middle Low German wert, werte (“infusion of malt in brewing; unfermented beer”)\n* Old High German wirz (“infusion of malt in brewing; unfermented beer”) (Middle High German wirz, modern German Wirz (“juice; sweet liquid; unfermented beer”) (obsolete); see also German Würze (“aroma; seasoning, spice; spiciness”))\n* Old Norse virtr (Danish urt (“wort in brewing”), Icelandic virt, virtur, Norwegian vørter, Swedish vört)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "worts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "wort (countable and uncountable, plural worts)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Brewing",
"orig": "en:Brewing",
"parents": [
"Alcohol production",
"Alcoholic beverages",
"Beverages",
"Recreational drugs",
"Drinking",
"Food and drink",
"Liquids",
"Drugs",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Matter",
"Pharmacology",
"Human",
"Fundamental",
"Chemistry",
"Nature",
"Biochemistry",
"Medicine",
"Sciences",
"Biology",
"Healthcare",
"Health",
"Body"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "12 32 39 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 33 36 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 36 35 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 37 30 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 38 31 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 35 35 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 37 33 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 35 36 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ingrian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 34 32 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Irish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 35 36 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 37 34 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Old English translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 34 30 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 39 33 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 37 32 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 33 37 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 36 32 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 20 20 50",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Distilled beverages",
"orig": "en:Distilled beverages",
"parents": [
"Alcoholic beverages",
"Beverages",
"Recreational drugs",
"Drinking",
"Food and drink",
"Liquids",
"Drugs",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Matter",
"Pharmacology",
"Human",
"Fundamental",
"Chemistry",
"Nature",
"Biochemistry",
"Medicine",
"Sciences",
"Biology",
"Healthcare",
"Health",
"Body"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 25 20 48",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Zymurgy",
"orig": "en:Zymurgy",
"parents": [
"Biochemistry",
"Brewing",
"Biology",
"Chemistry",
"Alcohol production",
"Sciences",
"Alcoholic beverages",
"All topics",
"Beverages",
"Recreational drugs",
"Fundamental",
"Drinking",
"Food and drink",
"Liquids",
"Drugs",
"Human behaviour",
"Matter",
"Pharmacology",
"Human",
"Nature",
"Medicine",
"Healthcare",
"Health",
"Body"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "mashwort"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 138, column 2:",
"text": "Nay then tvvo treyes, an if you grovv ſo nice, / Methegline, VVort, and Malmſey; […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1697, William Dampier, chapter XI, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 314:",
"text": "VVhen they make drink vvith them, they take 10 or 12 ripe Plantains and maſh them vvell in a Trough: then they put tvvo gallons of VVater among them; and this in tvvo hours time vvill ferment and froth like VVort: In four hours it is fit to drink; and then they bottle it and drink it as they have occaſion: […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Harold McGee, “Wine, Beer, and Distilled Spirits”, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, revised edition, New York, N.Y., London: Scribner, →ISBN, page 747:",
"text": "Making the wort with nothing but barley malt and hot water is the standard method in Germany, and in many U.S. microbreweries.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2017, Jon C. Stott, “The Birds and the Yeasts in Tillamook”, in Beer 101 North: Craft Breweries and Brewpubs of the Washington and Oregon Coasts, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 110:",
"text": "They discovered what are called \"wild\" or \"spontaneously fermented\" beers, in which fermentation is induced not by pitching commercially produced yeast into an enclosed tank, but by letting the wild yeasts floating in the air interact with the wort to turn it into alcohol.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer, or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky."
],
"id": "en-wort-en-noun-Ny8fZumy",
"links": [
[
"brewing",
"brewing#Noun"
],
[
"distilling",
"distilling#Noun"
],
[
"worts",
"worts"
],
[
"liquid",
"liquid#Noun"
],
[
"extracted",
"extract#Verb"
],
[
"mash",
"mash#Noun"
],
[
"ground",
"ground#Adjective"
],
[
"malt",
"malt#Noun"
],
[
"grain",
"grain#Noun"
],
[
"soaked",
"soak#Verb"
],
[
"hot",
"hot#Adjective"
],
[
"water",
"water#Noun"
],
[
"ferment",
"ferment"
],
[
"make",
"make#Verb"
],
[
"beer",
"beer#Noun"
],
[
"distil",
"distil"
],
[
"liquor",
"liquor#Noun"
],
[
"whisky",
"whisky"
]
],
"qualifier": "distilling",
"raw_glosses": [
"(brewing, distilling) Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer, or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"beverages",
"brewing",
"business",
"food",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mladina"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "urt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "wort"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "malt-mosto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "vierre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "moût"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Würze"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "cefre"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "malátalé"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "veerre"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "braichlis"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mosto"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wyrt"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ealoþwyrt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brzeczka"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "súslo",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "су́сло"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sladovina"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "mosto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "vört"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wɜːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wɔːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wort.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/wɝt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/woɹt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"homophone": "wert (one pronunciation)"
},
{
"homophone": "wart (one pronunciation)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)t"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)t"
}
],
"word": "wort"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *wréh₂ds",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with /ʌ~ʊ/ for Old English /y/",
"English terms with homophones",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Old High German a-stem nouns",
"Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
"Old High German lemmas",
"Old High German neuter nouns",
"Old High German nouns",
"Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pages with 9 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)t",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)t/1 syllable",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t/1 syllable",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Ingrian translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Old English translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations",
"en:Distilled beverages",
"en:Plants",
"en:Zymurgy"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "adder's wort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Bistorta officinalis",
"word": "adderwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Asteraceae spp.",
"word": "asterwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Subularia aquatica",
"word": "awlwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Ranunculus flammula",
"word": "banewort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Epimedium alpinum",
"word": "barrenwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Meum athamanticum",
"word": "bearwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Campanulaceae spp.",
"word": "bellwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Trillium erectum",
"word": "birthwort (Aristolochia,"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Stachys officinalis",
"word": "bishop's-wort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Gentiana lutea",
"word": "bitterwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Utricularia spp.",
"word": "bladderwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Centaurea cyanus",
"word": "blawort"
},
{
"word": "bloodwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Aeschynanthus spp.",
"word": "blushwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Vaccinium myrtillus",
"word": "bogwort"
},
{
"english": "Boraginaceae",
"word": "boragewort"
},
{
"word": "bridewort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Peucedanum officinale",
"word": "brimstonewort"
},
{
"word": "brotherwort"
},
{
"tags": [
"usually"
],
"taxonomic": "Scrophularia vernalis",
"word": "brownwort"
},
{
"word": "bruisewort"
},
{
"word": "bugwort"
},
{
"word": "bullwort"
},
{
"word": "burstwort"
},
{
"word": "butterwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Kickxia spp.",
"word": "cancerwort"
},
{
"word": "catwort"
},
{
"word": "clown's ringwort"
},
{
"word": "colewort"
},
{
"word": "coralwort"
},
{
"word": "crosswort"
},
{
"word": "damewort"
},
{
"word": "danewort"
},
{
"word": "dragonwort"
},
{
"word": "dragon's wort"
},
{
"word": "dropwort *"
},
{
"word": "dungwort"
},
{
"word": "earwort *"
},
{
"word": "elderwort"
},
{
"word": "fanwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Solanum dulcamara",
"word": "felonwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Verbascum spp.",
"word": "feltwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Swertia spp.",
"word": "felwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Triosteum spp.",
"word": "feverwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Scrophularia spp.",
"word": "figwort"
},
{
"alt": "syn. Rachicallis rupestris",
"taxonomic": "Rachicallis americana",
"word": "flapwort"
},
{
"word": "fleawort"
},
{
"word": "flukewort"
},
{
"word": "frostwort"
},
{
"word": "fumewort"
},
{
"word": "galewort"
},
{
"word": "garlicwort"
},
{
"word": "gentianwort"
},
{
"word": "gipsywort"
},
{
"word": "glasswort"
},
{
"word": "goutwort"
},
{
"word": "gutwort"
},
{
"word": "gypsywort"
},
{
"word": "hammerwort"
},
{
"word": "hartwort"
},
{
"word": "heathwort"
},
{
"word": "hillwort"
},
{
"word": "hogwort"
},
{
"word": "hog's wort"
},
{
"word": "holewort"
},
{
"word": "honewort"
},
{
"word": "honeywort"
},
{
"word": "hoodwort"
},
{
"word": "hornwort"
},
{
"word": "ironwort"
},
{
"word": "John's wort"
},
{
"word": "kelpwort"
},
{
"word": "kidneywort"
},
{
"word": "knotwort"
},
{
"word": "laserwort"
},
{
"word": "lazarwort"
},
{
"word": "leadwort"
},
{
"word": "lichwort"
},
{
"word": "lilywort"
},
{
"word": "liverwort"
},
{
"word": "lousewort"
},
{
"word": "lungwort *"
},
{
"word": "lustwort"
},
{
"word": "madderwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Alyssum spp.",
"word": "madwort *"
},
{
"word": "mallowwort"
},
{
"word": "marshwort"
},
{
"word": "masterwort"
},
{
"word": "maudlinwort"
},
{
"word": "maywort"
},
{
"word": "meadowwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Polygala spp.",
"word": "milkwort"
},
{
"word": "miterwort"
},
{
"word": "mitrewort"
},
{
"word": "modiwort"
},
{
"word": "moneywort"
},
{
"word": "moonwort"
},
{
"word": "moorwort"
},
{
"word": "motherwort"
},
{
"word": "moudiewort"
},
{
"word": "moudiwort"
},
{
"word": "mowdiewort"
},
{
"word": "mudwort"
},
{
"word": "mugwort"
},
{
"word": "mulewort"
},
{
"word": "nailwort"
},
{
"word": "navelwort *"
},
{
"word": "nettlewort"
},
{
"word": "nipplewort"
},
{
"word": "peachwort"
},
{
"word": "pearlwort"
},
{
"word": "pennywort *"
},
{
"word": "pepperwort"
},
{
"word": "peterwort"
},
{
"word": "pilewort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Pilularia spp.",
"word": "pillwort"
},
{
"word": "pipewort"
},
{
"word": "quillwort"
},
{
"word": "quinsywort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Senecioneae spp.",
"word": "ragwort *"
},
{
"word": "rattlewort"
},
{
"word": "ribwort"
},
{
"word": "rosewort"
},
{
"word": "rupturewort"
},
{
"word": "St. John's wort"
},
{
"word": "saltwort"
},
{
"word": "sandwort"
},
{
"word": "sawwort"
},
{
"word": "saw-wort"
},
{
"word": "scorpionwort"
},
{
"english": "Cochlearia",
"word": "scurvywort"
},
{
"word": "setterwort"
},
{
"word": "sicklewort"
},
{
"word": "sleepwort"
},
{
"word": "slipperwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Achillea ptarmica",
"word": "sneezewort"
},
{
"word": "soapwort"
},
{
"word": "sparrowwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Ranunculus flammula",
"word": "spearwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Tradescantia spp.",
"word": "spiderwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Asplenium spp.",
"word": "spleenwort *"
},
{
"word": "spoonwort"
},
{
"word": "springwort"
},
{
"word": "spurwort"
},
{
"word": "St. James' wort"
},
{
"word": "St. Peter's wort"
},
{
"word": "stabwort"
},
{
"word": "staggerwort"
},
{
"word": "staithwort"
},
{
"word": "standerwort"
},
{
"word": "starwort *"
},
{
"word": "staverwort"
},
{
"word": "stinkwort"
},
{
"word": "stitchwort"
},
{
"word": "stonewort"
},
{
"word": "strapwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Peucedanum officinale",
"word": "sulphurwort"
},
{
"word": "swallow-wort *"
},
{
"word": "sweetwort"
},
{
"word": "talewort"
},
{
"word": "tetterwort"
},
{
"word": "thoroughwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Trachelium caeruleum",
"word": "throatwort *"
},
{
"word": "thrumwort"
},
{
"word": "toothwort"
},
{
"word": "towerwort"
},
{
"word": "trophywort"
},
{
"word": "wallwort"
},
{
"english": "Euphorbia, Lapsana communis",
"word": "wartwort"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Elatinaceae spp.",
"word": "waterwort"
},
{
"alt": "Salicaceae spp.",
"word": "willowwort"
},
{
"word": "wortcunning"
},
{
"word": "wortlike"
},
{
"word": "wortlore"
},
{
"english": "soup or stew made with vegetables",
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"usually"
],
"word": "worts"
},
{
"word": "worty"
},
{
"word": "woundwort *"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Blackstonia perfoliata",
"word": "yellowwort"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wréh₂ds"
},
"expansion": "PIE word\n *wréh₂ds",
"name": "PIE word"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en"
},
"expansion": "English",
"name": "langname"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "brassica"
},
"expansion": "sense 2",
"name": "senseno"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "smooth hornwort"
},
"expansion": "smooth hornwort",
"name": "vern"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Phaeoceros laevis",
"2": "species"
},
"expansion": "Phaeoceros laevis",
"name": "taxlink"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en"
},
"expansion": "English",
"name": "langname"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nonvascular"
},
"expansion": "sense 3",
"name": "senseno"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "wort",
"id": "plant"
},
"expansion": "Middle English wort",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "uert, uuort, uurt, wart, wert, werte, wirte, woort, woorte, word, worte, worth, worthe, wortt, wortte, wourt, wourte, wourth, wrt, wrte, wurd, wurte, wurth, wwrt, wyrt, (Early Middle English) virt, wirt, wvrt",
"otherforms": "1"
},
"expansion": "[and other forms]",
"name": "nb..."
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "wyrt",
"t": "a plant; vegetable; herb, spice"
},
"expansion": "Old English wyrt (“a plant; vegetable; herb, spice”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "(Late Old English) uuert, uert, virt, vyrt, (Old English) wurt, (Old English, rare) weort, wyirt, (chiefly Kent) wert, (in compounds) wort, (Early Old English) uuyrt, uyrt, wirt, wyrt",
"otherforms": "1"
},
"expansion": "[and other forms]",
"name": "nb..."
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*wurti",
"t": "a root; a spice"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wurti (“a root; a spice”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wrōts",
"t": "a root"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“a root”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wréh₂ds",
"t": "a root"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“a root”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "1"
},
"expansion": "¹",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "root"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of root",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "wort",
"t": "herb; plant"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch wort (“herb; plant”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "wort",
"t": "herb; root"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch wort (“herb; root”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wurz",
"t": "herb; root; spice"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wurz (“herb; root; spice”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "wurz"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German wurz",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Wurz"
},
"expansion": "German Wurz",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "jurt"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse jurt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "jurt"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic jurt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "urt"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian urt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-oda",
"2": "urt"
},
"expansion": "Old Danish urt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "urt"
},
"expansion": "Danish urt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-osw",
"2": "yrt",
"t": "plant"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish yrt (“plant”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "ört"
},
"expansion": "Swedish ört",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "wurt",
"t": "herb; plant; root"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon wurt (“herb; plant; root”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "wort"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German wort",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "PIE word\n *wréh₂ds\nFrom Middle English wort, wurt, wyrte (“any herb or plant; herb or plant used as food or medicine; (specifically) cabbage or vegetable of the genus Brassica; (chiefly plural) dish of cooked vegetables”) [and other forms], from Old English wyrt (“a plant; vegetable; herb, spice”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wurti (“a root; a spice”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“a root”), from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“a root”). Doublet of root and related to orchard.\ncognates\n* Old Dutch wort (“herb; plant”) (Middle Dutch wort (“herb; root”))\n* Old High German wurz (“herb; root; spice”) (Middle High German wurz, modern German Wurz)\n* Old Norse jurt, urt (“herb”) (Icelandic jurt, Norwegian urt, Old Danish urt (modern Danish urt), Old Swedish yrt (“plant”) (modern Swedish ört))\n* Old Saxon wurt (“herb; plant; root”) (Middle Low German wort, wurt)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "worts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "wort (plural worts)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with historical senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "(food):"
},
{
"text": "(medicine):"
},
{
"ref": "1531, Thomas Elyot, “Of Sobrietie in Diete”, in Ernest Rhys, editor, The Boke Named the Governour […] (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co, published [1907], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 264:",
"text": "[T]he people of his citye, […] shulde be norysshed with barly brede and cakes of whete, and that the residue of their diete shulde be salte, olyues, chese, and likes, and more ouer wortes that the feldes do brynge furthe, for their potage.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Pouerty and Want Causes of Melancholy”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, section 2, member 4, subsection 6, page 207:",
"text": "[H]e [a poor person] drinks vvater, and liue's of vvort leaues, pulſe, like a hog, or ſcraps like a dog, […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXV Sermons Preached at Golden Grove: Being for the Winter Half-year, […].] Sermon XVI. The House of Feasting: Or The Epicures Measures. Part II.”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC, page 204:",
"text": "It is an excellent pleaſure to be able to take pleaſure in vvorts and vvater, in bread and onions; […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1999 November, Victoria Zak, “A Modern Herbal Tea Garden”, in 20,000 Secrets of Tea: The Most Effective Ways to Benefit from Nature’s Healing Herbs, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing, →ISBN, page 209:",
"text": "Two saints are credited with giving St. John's wort its name. One was St. John of Jerusalem, who used the wort (plant) during the crusades to heal his knights' battlefield wounds, and the other was John the Baptist.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Now chiefly as the second element in the names of plants: a plant used for food or medicine."
],
"links": [
[
"names",
"name#Noun"
],
[
"plants",
"plant#Noun"
],
[
"used",
"use#Verb"
],
[
"food",
"food"
],
[
"medicine",
"medicine#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic or historical) Now chiefly as the second element in the names of plants: a plant used for food or medicine."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "herb"
},
{
"word": "potherb"
},
{
"word": "vegetable"
},
{
"word": "herb"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"historical"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with historical senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XIX.] The Manner of Trimming and Ordering Gardens: The Sorting of All Those Things that Grow out of the Earth, into Their Due Places, besides Corne and Plants Bearing Fruit.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 2nd tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 11:",
"text": "VVhy (ſay they in ſcorne and contempt of povertie) here is the ſtem of a vvoort ſo vvell grovvne, here is a cabbage ſo thriven and fed, that a poore mans boord vvill not hold it.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1610–1614, John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Valentinian”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii, page 14, column 2:",
"text": "I am poore / And may expect a vvorſe; yet digging, pruning, / Mending of broken vvayes, carrying of vvater, / Planting of VVorts, and Onyons, any thing / That's honeſt, and a mans, Ile rather chooſe, […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1648, Robert Herrick, “His Content in the Country”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, page 233:",
"text": "Though ne'er ſo mean the Viands be, / They vvell content my Prevv and me. / Or Pea, or Bean, or VVort, or Beet, / VVhat ever comes, content makes ſvveet: […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Chiefly in the plural: a plant of the genus Brassica used as a vegetable; a brassica; especially, a cabbage (Brassica oleracea)."
],
"links": [
[
"genus",
"genus"
],
[
"Brassica",
"Brassica#Translingual"
],
[
"vegetable",
"vegetable#Noun"
],
[
"brassica",
"brassica"
],
[
"cabbage",
"cabbage#Noun"
],
[
"Brassica oleracea",
"Brassica oleracea#Translingual"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(specifically, historical) Chiefly in the plural: a plant of the genus Brassica used as a vegetable; a brassica; especially, a cabbage (Brassica oleracea)."
],
"senseid": [
"en:brassica"
],
"tags": [
"historical",
"specifically"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Botany"
],
"glosses": [
"A non-vascular plant growing on land from the division Anthocerotophyta (the hornworts) or Marchantiophyta (liverworts); an anthocerotophyte or marchantiophyte."
],
"links": [
[
"botany",
"botany"
],
[
"non-vascular plant",
"non-vascular plant"
],
[
"grow",
"grow"
],
[
"land",
"land#Noun"
],
[
"division",
"division"
],
[
"Anthocerotophyta",
"Anthocerotophyta"
],
[
"hornwort",
"hornwort"
],
[
"Marchantiophyta",
"Marchantiophyta#Translingual"
],
[
"liverwort",
"liverwort"
],
[
"anthocerotophyte",
"anthocerotophyte"
],
[
"marchantiophyte",
"marchantiophyte"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension, botany) A non-vascular plant growing on land from the division Anthocerotophyta (the hornworts) or Marchantiophyta (liverworts); an anthocerotophyte or marchantiophyte."
],
"senseid": [
"en:nonvascular"
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wɜːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wɔːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wort.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/wɝt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/woɹt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"homophone": "wert (one pronunciation)"
},
{
"homophone": "wart (one pronunciation)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)t"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)t"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kruid"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"word": "yrtti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"word": "ruoho"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jurt"
},
{
"alt": "くさ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kusa",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"word": "草"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bílka",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "би́лка"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rasténie",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "расте́ние"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "би̑љка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "bȋljka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ört"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "plant used for food or medicine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "llys"
}
],
"word": "wort"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with /ʌ~ʊ/ for Old English /y/",
"English terms with homophones",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Old High German a-stem nouns",
"Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
"Old High German lemmas",
"Old High German neuter nouns",
"Old High German nouns",
"Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pages with 9 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)t",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)t/1 syllable",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t/1 syllable",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Ingrian translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Old English translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"en:Distilled beverages",
"en:Plants",
"en:Zymurgy"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "mashwort"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "wort",
"id": "brewing wort"
},
"expansion": "Middle English wort",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wirt, woort, worth, worthe, wortte, wourt, wrt, wurt, wurte",
"otherforms": "1"
},
"expansion": "[and other forms]",
"name": "nb..."
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "wurt"
},
"expansion": "Old English wurt",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*wurtiju",
"t": "wort in brewing; seasoning, spice"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wurtiju (“wort in brewing; seasoning, spice”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wrōts",
"t": "a root"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“a root”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "2"
},
"expansion": "²",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wort",
"t": "wort in brewing"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wort (“wort in brewing”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "wert"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German wert",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wirz",
"t": "infusion of malt in brewing; unfermented beer"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wirz (“infusion of malt in brewing; unfermented beer”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "wirz"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German wirz",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Wirz",
"t": "juice; sweet liquid; unfermented beer"
},
"expansion": "German Wirz (“juice; sweet liquid; unfermented beer”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "(obsolete)",
"name": "qualifier"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Würze",
"t": "aroma; seasoning, spice; spiciness"
},
"expansion": "German Würze (“aroma; seasoning, spice; spiciness”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "virtr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse virtr",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "urt",
"t": "wort in brewing"
},
"expansion": "Danish urt (“wort in brewing”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "virt"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic virt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "vørter"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian vørter",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "vört"
},
"expansion": "Swedish vört",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English wort, worte (“infusion of grain (probably malted barley) for brewing ale or beer; unfermented or incompletely fermented beer; infusion of honey and water for making mead; unfermented decoction or infusion of other substances used for food or medicine”) [and other forms], from Old English wurt, wyrt, wyrte (“wort in brewing”), from a merger of Proto-West Germanic *wurtiju (“wort in brewing; seasoning, spice”) and *wurti (“root; spice”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“a root”): see further at etymology 1.\ncognates\n* Dutch wort (“wort in brewing”)\n* Middle Low German wert, werte (“infusion of malt in brewing; unfermented beer”)\n* Old High German wirz (“infusion of malt in brewing; unfermented beer”) (Middle High German wirz, modern German Wirz (“juice; sweet liquid; unfermented beer”) (obsolete); see also German Würze (“aroma; seasoning, spice; spiciness”))\n* Old Norse virtr (Danish urt (“wort in brewing”), Icelandic virt, virtur, Norwegian vørter, Swedish vört)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "worts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "wort (countable and uncountable, plural worts)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Brewing"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 138, column 2:",
"text": "Nay then tvvo treyes, an if you grovv ſo nice, / Methegline, VVort, and Malmſey; […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1697, William Dampier, chapter XI, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 314:",
"text": "VVhen they make drink vvith them, they take 10 or 12 ripe Plantains and maſh them vvell in a Trough: then they put tvvo gallons of VVater among them; and this in tvvo hours time vvill ferment and froth like VVort: In four hours it is fit to drink; and then they bottle it and drink it as they have occaſion: […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Harold McGee, “Wine, Beer, and Distilled Spirits”, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, revised edition, New York, N.Y., London: Scribner, →ISBN, page 747:",
"text": "Making the wort with nothing but barley malt and hot water is the standard method in Germany, and in many U.S. microbreweries.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2017, Jon C. Stott, “The Birds and the Yeasts in Tillamook”, in Beer 101 North: Craft Breweries and Brewpubs of the Washington and Oregon Coasts, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 110:",
"text": "They discovered what are called \"wild\" or \"spontaneously fermented\" beers, in which fermentation is induced not by pitching commercially produced yeast into an enclosed tank, but by letting the wild yeasts floating in the air interact with the wort to turn it into alcohol.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer, or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky."
],
"links": [
[
"brewing",
"brewing#Noun"
],
[
"distilling",
"distilling#Noun"
],
[
"worts",
"worts"
],
[
"liquid",
"liquid#Noun"
],
[
"extracted",
"extract#Verb"
],
[
"mash",
"mash#Noun"
],
[
"ground",
"ground#Adjective"
],
[
"malt",
"malt#Noun"
],
[
"grain",
"grain#Noun"
],
[
"soaked",
"soak#Verb"
],
[
"hot",
"hot#Adjective"
],
[
"water",
"water#Noun"
],
[
"ferment",
"ferment"
],
[
"make",
"make#Verb"
],
[
"beer",
"beer#Noun"
],
[
"distil",
"distil"
],
[
"liquor",
"liquor#Noun"
],
[
"whisky",
"whisky"
]
],
"qualifier": "distilling",
"raw_glosses": [
"(brewing, distilling) Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer, or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"beverages",
"brewing",
"business",
"food",
"lifestyle",
"manufacturing"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wɜːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/wɔːt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wort.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wort.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/wɝt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/woɹt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"homophone": "wert (one pronunciation)"
},
{
"homophone": "wart (one pronunciation)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)t"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)t"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mladina"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "urt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "wort"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "malt-mosto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "vierre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "moût"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Würze"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "cefre"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "malátalé"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "veerre"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "braichlis"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mosto"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wyrt"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ealoþwyrt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brzeczka"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "súslo",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "су́сло"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sladovina"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "mosto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "liquid extracted from mash",
"word": "vört"
}
],
"word": "wort"
}
Download raw JSONL data for wort meaning in English (31.1kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.