English Explanatory Dictionary

Hogwarts

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for learning magic in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
  2. Any institution similar in field, appearance, oddity, etc.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɔɡ.wɔɹts/ /ˈhɔɡ.wɚts/ /ˈhɒɡ.wɔːts/ /ˈhɒɡ.wəts/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hogwarts.wav

Word forms

Hogwarts

Etymology

Coined by J. K. Rowling in her 1997 book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Rowling has speculated that she might have subconsciously produced the name from hogwort, a plant she saw when walking round Kew Gardens. Previously used by Geoffrey Willans in his 1953 book Down With Skool (which J. K. Rowling has read - see the article). Willans’ use was as the title of a fictitious play, “The Hogwarts”, referred to in the book as the creation of Marcus Plautus Molesworthus. In-universe, interpreted as a simple compound of hog + warts (cf. warthog).

Derived words

Hogwarts-esque Hogwartsian Hogwartsy
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