noun
ort
Ort (noun) means a small piece of food left over after a meal, or any leftover scrap.
noun
1
A small piece of food left over after a meal, or any leftover scrap.
"Come, Kinch, you have eaten all we left. Ay, I will serve you your orts and offals."
— James Joyce, Ulysses (1922)
"Peace, Grandam,– reclaim thy Ort. The Learnèd One has yet to sink quite that low."
— Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon (1997)
2
A small coin once used in central Europe.
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Etymology
From Middle English orte, from Old English *oreta (“that which is left after eating”, literally “out-eat”); for more, see Old English or-, English eat. Cognate with Middle Low German orte (“refuse of food”), Middle Dutch ooraete, ooreete, Low German ort (“ort”), Middle High German urez, German Uräß and also German Ort (“quarter (of a thaler, etc)”). As the term for a coin, probably borrowed from the central European languages which used it: German Ort (“quarter (of a thaler)”), Polish ort (“coin”), etc.
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What is the meaning of ort?
"ort" (noun) means a small piece of food left over after a meal, or any leftover scrap.
What is another word for ort?
Other words for "ort" include leftover, bit, remnant, scrap.
What are the different meanings of ort?
"ort" has 2 main meanings: 1. A small piece of food left over after a meal, or any leftover scrap; 2. A small coin once used in central Europe.
