Wight

Wight (w

t), Isle of

An island in the English Channel off south-central England. It is a popular resort area and yachting center. Queen Victoria often stayed at the Osborne House near Cowes.

wight¹ (w

n. Obsolete

A living being; a creature.

[Middle English, from Old English wiht; see wekti- in Indo-European roots.]

wight² (w

adj. Archaic

Valorous; brave.

[Middle English, from Old Norse vgt, neuter of vgr, able to fight; see weik-³ in Indo-European roots.]

Wight [waɪt]

(Placename) Isle of. an island and county of S England in the English Channel. Administrative centre: Newport. Pop.: 132 719 (2001). Area: 380 sq. km (147 sq. miles)

wight¹

(Social Science / Peoples) Archaic a human being

[Old English wiht; related to Old Frisian āwet something, Old Norse vǣttr being, Gothic waihts thing, German Wicht small person]

wight²

adj

Archaic strong and brave; valiant

[from Old Norse vigt; related to Old English wīg battle, Latin vincere to conquer]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	wight - a human being; `wight' is an archaic term creature individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	Wight - an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel Isle of Wight county - (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people" British Isles - Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic English Channel - an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain

Translations

wight (archaic) [waɪt] N (hum) → criatura f
luckless wight; sorry wight → pobre hombre m

wight

n (old) → Wicht m

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aught British Isles Carisbrooke Castle county Cowes creature English Channel Fanciless Herriot Infortuned IOW island isle Isle of Isle of Wight Newport Osborne House Portsmouth Solent	At length, it would seem, his patient industry found its reward; for, without explanation or apology, he pronounced aloud the words "Isle of Wight," drew a long, sweet sound from his pitch-pipe, and then ran through the preliminary modulations of the air whose name he had just mentioned, with the sweeter tones of his own musical voice. The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context Here was a lifelong inhabitant of the Isle of Wight who never had heard of either Germany or England The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context In judging of that tempestuous wind called Euroclydon, says an old writer --of whose works I possess the only copy extant -- it maketh a marvellous difference, whether thou lookest out at it from a glass window where the frost is all on the outside, or whether thou observest it from that sashless window, where the frost is on both sides, and of which the wight Death is the only glazier. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context	wifey Wiffle Wiffle Ball WiFi wig wig out wig tree Wig. Wigan wigeon Wigg wigged wigger Wiggery Wiggin wigging wiggle wiggle nail wiggle room wiggler Wigglesworth wiggliness wiggly wiggy Wigher Wight Wightly Wigless wigmaker Wigner Wigtownshire wigwag wigwam Wike wiki wikiup Wikke Wilberforce Wilbur Wilbur Wright wilco Wilcoxon test wild Wild allspice wild angelica wild apple wild ass Wild balsam apple wild basil wild bean Wild bee	Wiggins Wiggins, Mahalah Wigginton, Eliot wiggle wiggle wiggle Wiggle A Little In Leather wiggle nail wiggle nail wiggle out of wiggle room wiggle stick wiggled wiggler wiggler wigglers wigglers wiggles wiggles Wigglesworth Wigglesworth, Michael wigglier wiggliest wiggliness wiggling wiggling-in wiggly wiggy WIGH Wigher Wight Wight Collins Rutherford Scott Wight, Isle Wight, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Peter B. Wightly Wightman Cup Wightman Cup Wightman, Hazel Wightman, Hazel Hotchkiss Wights Wights WIGI WIGIG WIGIG Wigilia WIGJ WigJig University Wiglaer Wiglaer Wiglaer Wiglaf WIGLE wigless wigless WIGM wigmaker Wigman, Mary Wigmore, John Henry Wigmore, John Henry

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At length, it would seem, his patient industry found its reward; for, without explanation or apology, he pronounced aloud the words "Isle of Wight," drew a long, sweet sound from his pitch-pipe, and then ran through the preliminary modulations of the air whose name he had just mentioned, with the sweeter tones of his own musical voice.

The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

Here was a lifelong inhabitant of the Isle of Wight who never had heard of either Germany or England

The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

In judging of that tempestuous wind called Euroclydon, says an old writer --of whose works I possess the only copy extant -- it maketh a marvellous difference, whether thou lookest out at it from a glass window where the frost is all on the outside, or whether thou observest it from that sashless window, where the frost is on both sides, and of which the wight Death is the only glazier.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

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