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- [wahyt]
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- [wahyt]
- /waɪt/
Definitions of wight word
- noun wight Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport. 1
- adjective wight strong and brave, especially in war. 1
- adjective wight active; nimble. 1
- noun wight A person of a specified kind, especially one regarded as unfortunate. 1
- noun wight human being 1
- noun wight a human being 0
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Origin of wight
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English, Old English wiht; cognate with German Wicht, Old Norse vēttr, Gothic waiht
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Parts of speech for Wight
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wight popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
wight usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for wight
noun wight
- homo sapiens — (italics) the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong, characterized by a brain capacity averaging 1400 cc (85 cubic in.) and by dependence upon language and the creation and utilization of complex tools.
- person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- body — Your body is all your physical parts, including your head, arms, and legs.
- character — The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
- child — A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
Antonyms for wight
noun wight
- abstract — An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
- inanimate — not animate; lifeless.
- immortal — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
- nonentity — a person or thing of no importance.
- plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
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