wight
pronunciation
How to pronounce wight in British English:
UK [waɪt]
How to pronounce wight in American English:
US [waɪt]
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- Noun:
- a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
Word Origin
- wight (n.)
- Old English wiht "living being, creature, person; something, anything," from Proto-Germanic *wihti- (cognates: Old Saxon wiht "thing, demon," Dutch wicht "a little child," Old High German wiht "thing, creature, demon," German Wicht "creature, little child," Old Norse vettr "thing, creature," Swedish vätte "spirit of the earth, gnome," Gothic waihts "something"), from PIE *wekti- "thing, creature" (source also of Old Church Slavonic vešti "a thing"). Not related to the Isle of Wight, which is from Latin Vectis (c. 150), originally Celtic, possibly meaning "place of the division."
Example
- 1. Message to love : the isle of wight festival .
- 2. Isle of wight , if it 's not too dear .
- 3. How much did your son wight when he was born ?
- 4. The isle of wight constituency ( britain 's biggest ) currently boasts 110000 electors .
- 5. Another blow came from the decision of danish wind turbine manufacturer vestas to close the uk 's only blade manufacturing plant on the isle of wight .