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ert

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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Definition of ert

9 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. Ellenikí/Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (Hellenic (Greek) Broadcasting television), Greece
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name

  1. Ellenikí/Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (Hellenic (Greek) Broadcasting television), Greece

noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of emergency response team.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of enzyme replacement therapy.

verb

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To incite; urge on; encourage.
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To irritate; provoke.
  3. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete)To be eager; hurry.
  4. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To make as if to strike; argue (with).
  5. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To strive after; try to obtain.
  6. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete)To strive onward and upward.

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Etymology

From Middle English erten, ertin, from Old Norse erta (“to provoke, incite, tease”), from Proto-Germanic *artijaną (“to excite, tease”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erd- (“sharp point, stinger”). Cognate with Icelandic erta (“to irritate”), Norwegian erta (“to taunt”), Swedish ärta (“to tease, jibe”), Old Irish aird (“point, ord, end point”), Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, “arrowhead”).

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