Ort

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: ôt, IPA: /ɔːt/
• US enPR: ôrt, IPA: /ɔːrt/
• Homophones: aught, ought in non-rhotic accents

Origin

From Middle English ort, from Old English *orǣt ("that which is left after eating", literally out-eat), equivalent to - + eat. Cognate with Middle Low German orte ("refuse of food"), Middle Dutch ooraete, ooreete, Low German ort ("ort").

Full definition of ort

Noun

1. (usually in plural) A fragment; a scrap of leftover food; any remainder; a piece of refuse.
• 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Come, Kinch, you have eaten all we left. Ay, I will serve you your orts and offals.
• 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, Peace, Grandam,– reclaim thy Ort. The Learnèd One has yet to sink quite that low.

Verb

1. (transitive, dialectal) To turn away from with disgust; refuse.

Anagrams

• OTR, rot, RTO, TOR, Tor, tor, TRO