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whort

whort
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hwurt, wurt]
    • /ʰwɜrt, wɜrt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hwurt, wurt]
    • /ʰwɜrt, wɜrt/

Definitions of whort word

  • noun whort the whortleberry. 1
  • noun whort (botany) The whortleberry, or bilberry. 1

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Origin of whort

First appearance:

before 1570
One of the 33% oldest English words
1570-80; dialectal variant of Middle English hurte, Old English horte whortleberry

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Parts of speech for Whort

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

whort popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

whort usage trend in Literature

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