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Added 10 October 2026

compt

adjective

Latin root: comptus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about compt at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Neat; spruce.

noun

Account; reckoning; computation.

verb

To compute; to count or consider.

noun

Abbreviation of comptroller.
Abbreviation of compliment.

Origin

From Latin comptus, past participle of comere (“to care for, comb, arrange, adorn”).

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