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wight
noun
- Obsolete a living being; creature
- Archaic a human being; person: now sometimes used in a patronizing or commiserating sense
adjective
Now Chiefly Dial. strong, brisk, active, brave, etc.
island in the English Channel, off the S coast of Hampshire, constituting a county of England: 147 sq mi (381 sq km); pop. 125,000
See wight in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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