schort

schort (comparative more schort, superlative most schort)

1. Obsolete form of short.

• Storch

From Middle Dutch schorte, from Old Dutch *skurta, from Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ (“apron”).

• IPA^(key): /sxɔrt/

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• Hyphenation: schort
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

schort f or n (plural schorten, diminutive schortje n)

1. apron (article of clothing)

• loodschort
• voorschort

• Negerhollands: skorte
• → Papiamentu: skòrt, schortsje, skortje

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schort

1. second-person plural preterite of scheren

• schorte, short, shorte

From Old English sċort, from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz. Akin to Middle High German schurz.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔrt/

schort

1. short (as opposed to being tall or long)
2. short (in duration), brief, quick
3. ephemeral, having a short lifetime
4. scarce, rare, scanty
5. mean, rude, disrespectful

• English: short
• Scots: short, schort

• “short, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-07.

schort (uncountable)

1. shortness, being short
2. A short duration or time.
3. brevity, conciseness
4. (poetry) A short metrical foot.

• “short, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-07.