skirt

A1 Topic:Clothing & Appearance

US /skɚt/ UK /skɜːt/ See IPA manual

Freq #4857

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1

noun
a piece of clothing worn from the waist down, covering part of the legs

She wore a long blue skirt to the party.
2

verb
to go around the edge of something rather than through the middle

The path skirts the edge of the forest.
3

verb
to avoid dealing with a difficult subject directly

The politician skirted the question about taxes.

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Forms skirtedskirtingskirts

Derived forms bedskirtbeskirtforeskirtlightskirtmaxiskirtmicroskirtmidiskirtminiskirtoutskirt outskirtsoverskirtpettiskirt

From Middle English skyrte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ. Doublet of shirt. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skoarte (“apron”), Dutch schort (“apron”), German Schürze (“apron”), Danish skørt (“skirt”), Swedish skört (“hem of a jacket”), Norwegian skjørt (“skirt”).

*(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European skyrte Middle English skyrta Old Norse *skurtijǭ Proto-Germanic

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# skirt

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /skɚt/
**IPA (UK):** /skɜːt/
**Frequency rank:** 4857

## Meanings
1. a piece of clothing worn from the waist down, covering part of the legs
2. to go around the edge of something rather than through the middle
3. to avoid dealing with a difficult subject directly

## Examples
- She wore a long blue skirt to the party.
- The path skirts the edge of the forest.
- The politician skirted the question about taxes.

## Derived Forms
- bedskirt
- beskirt
- foreskirt
- lightskirt
- maxiskirt
- microskirt
- midiskirt
- miniskirt
- outskirt
- outskirts
- overskirt
- pettiskirt

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)ker-
- Root: skyrte
- Root: skyrta
- Root: *skurtijǭ

## Etymology
From Middle English skyrte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ. Doublet of shirt. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skoarte (“apron”), Dutch schort (“apron”), German Schürze (“apron”), Danish skørt (“skirt”), Swedish skört (“hem of a jacket”), Norwegian skjørt (“skirt”).

## AI Etymology
Skirt is from Middle English skyrte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ. Doublet of shirt. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skoarte (“apron”), Dutch schort (“apron”), German Schürze (“apron”), Danish skørt (“skirt”), Swedish skört (“hem of a jacket”), Norwegian skjørt (“skirt”). Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-, Middle English skyrte, Old Norse skyrta, Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ. In current use it includes senses such as a piece of clothing worn from the waist down, covering part of the legs and to go around the edge of something rather than through the middle.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance

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