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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wort1 (wûrt, wôrt),USA pronunciation n. - the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English wyrt; cognate with German Würze spice; akin to wort2
- Plant Biologya plant, herb, or vegetable (now usually used only in combination):figwort.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English wyrt root, plant; cognate with Old High German wurz, Old Norse urt herb, Gothic waurts root; akin to root1, Old Norse rōt, Latin rādīx, Greek rhíza
- whort.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wort /wɜːt/ n - (in combination) any of various unrelated plants, esp ones formerly used to cure diseases: liverwort, spleenwort
- the sweet liquid obtained from the soaked mixture of warm water and ground malt, used to make a malt liquor
Etymology: Old English wyrt root, related to Old High German warz, Gothic waurts root whort (hwûrt, wûrt),USA pronunciation n. - the whortleberry.
Also, whor•tle (hwûr′tl, wûr′-),USA pronunciation wort. - dialect, dialectal variant of Middle English hurte, Old English horte whortleberry 1570–80
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