sweetwort

sweet·wort

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sweet-wurt, -wawrt]
- /ˈswitˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sweet-wurt, -wawrt]
- /ˈswitˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt/

Definition of sweetwort word

noun sweetwort an infusion of unfermented malt. 1

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Origin of sweetwort

First appearance:

before 1560

One of the 32% oldest English words

First recorded in 1560-70; sweet + wort1

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Parts of speech for Sweetwort

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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sweetwort popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% 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.

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