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wight (wīt)

noun

  1. Obsolete a living being; creature
  2. Archaic a human being; person: now sometimes used in a patronizing or commiserating sense

Etymology: ME wiht < OE, akin to Ger wicht, creature, Goth waihts, thing < IE base *wekti-, thing > OSlav veštǐ, thing

wight2 definition

wight (wīt)

adjective

Now Chiefly Dial. strong, brisk, active, brave, etc.

Etymology: ME wihte < ON vigt, neut. of vigr, skilled in arms, akin to OE wigan, to fight: for IE base see victor

Wight definition

Wight (wīt)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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