Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tart
Tart
tart
1. n. 1 an open pastry case containing jam etc. 2 esp. Brit. a pie with a fruit or sweet filling. Derivatives tartlet n. Etymology: ME f. OF tarte = med.L tarta, of unkn. orig. 2. n. & v. --n. sl. 1 a prostitute; a promiscuous woman. 2 sl. offens. a girl or woman. --v. (foll. by up) esp. Brit. colloq. 1 tr. (usu. refl.) smarten (oneself or a thing) up, esp. flashily or gaudily. 2 intr. dress up gaudily. Etymology: prob. abbr. of SWEETHEART 3. adj. 1 sharp or acid in taste. 2 (of a remark etc.) cutting, bitter. Derivatives tartly adv. tartness n. Etymology: OE teart, of unkn. orig.
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English teart sharp, severe; akin to Middle High German traz spite Date: before 12th century agreeably sharp or acid to the taste , marked by a biting, acrimonious, or cutting quality , ~ish adjective ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French Date: 14th century a dish baked in a pastry shell ; pie: as, a small pie or pastry shell without a top containing jelly, custard, or fruit, a small pie made of pastry folded over a filling, prostitute ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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