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Wario

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Wario¹

Where it comes from

From Borana Wario.

proper noun Warios · Warioes

  1. A surname from Borana

Wario²

Where it comes from

From Wario, a villainous counterpart to Mario in the Mario video game franchise, from Japanese ワリオ (Wario), a blend of 悪い (warui, “bad”) + マリオ (Mario).

noun

  1. humorous An evil or otherwise sinister counterpart of another person or thing. Is there an academic way to say that one thing is the Wario of another thing? Like, the demonic version of that thing, but the two are inseparably linked?

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Wario. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wario

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@misc{wario_2026,
  title = {Wario},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wario},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}