Wight
[waɪt]
Definition
(noun.) an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel.
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Definition
(n.) Weight.
(n.) A whit; a bit; a jot.
(n.) A supernatural being.
(n.) A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language.
(a.) Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [In irony or burlesque.] Creature, being, person.
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Definition
adj. swift nimble: courageous strong.—adv. Wight′ly swiftly nimbly.
n. a creature or a person—used chiefly in sport or irony.
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Examples
- And woe to Boythorn or other daring wight who shall presumptuously contest an inch with him! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She thinks of nothing but the Isle of Wight, and she calls it _the_ _Island_, as if there were no other island in the world. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I am just returned from the Isle of Wight. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is about one third as large as the Isle of Wight, and extremely fruitful: it is governed by the head of a certain tribe, who are all magicians. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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