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wortlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From wort + -like.

Meanings

1. Like or resembling a wort
   • Deadfalls clog the base of this falls, and moss and ferns abound, along with odd-looking two-leaved wortlike plants I couldn't identify. 2004, Scott E. Brown, Pennsylvania Waterfalls: A Guide for Hikers & Photographers:
   • Last Saturday, seeing the tumult beginning, I dismissed the students and tried to make my way home, but had great difficulty, because the field I was in was covered with wortlike ant-hills, and it was very difficult for me to keep my feet; […] 1885, The Missionary Herald of the Baptist Missionary Society:
   • Like beer, the process involves pulling the natural starches from a wort-like mixture and then allowing yeast to convert those sugars into alcohol. 2016, Timothy Sprinkle, True Beer:

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Synonyms

worty