Definitions for WIGHT
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. creature, wightnoun

   a human being; `wight' is an archaic term

2. Wight, Isle of Wightnoun

   an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wight

   An initial in the names of men, signifies strong; nimble; lusty; being purely Saxon. Edmund Gibson Camden.

2. Wightadjective

   Swift; nimble. Out of use.

   He was so wimble and so wight,
   From bough to bough he leaped light,
   And oft the pumies latched. Edmund Spenser, Pastorals.

3. WIGHTnoun

   A person; a being. Obsolete.

   Etymology: wiht , Saxon.

   Beshrew the witch! with venomous wights she stays,
   Tedious as hell; but flies the grasps of love,
   With wings more momentary swift than thought. William Shakespeare.

   This world below did need one wight,
   Which might thereof distinguish ev’ry part. Davies.

   This meaner wights, of trust and credit bare,
   Not so respected, could not look t’effect. Daniel.

   A wight he was, whose very sight wou’d
   Entitle him mirror of knighthood. Hudibras.

   The water flies all taste of living wight. John Milton.

   How could’st thou suffer thy devoted knight,
   On thy own day, to fall by foe oppress’d,
   The wight of all the world who lov’d thee best. Dryden.

   His station he yielded up to a wight as disagreeable as himself. Joseph Addison, Guardian.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wight

   A wight (Old English: wiht) is a mythical sentient being, often undead.In its original use the word wight described a living human being, but has come to be used in fictional works in the fantasy genre to describe certain immortal beings. An example of this use occurs in William Morris's translation of the Grettis Saga, where haugbui is translated as "barrow-wight". Wights also feature in J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, especially in The Lord of the Rings, and in George R. R. Martin's novel series A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO television series Game of Thrones. Since its 1974 inclusion in the RPG Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), it has become a recurring form of undead in other fantasy games and mods, such as Vampire: The Masquerade. and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wight

   A wight is a living being, especially a human being. The term originates from Old English and is often used in literature to refer to a supernatural being, creature, or ghost.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wightnoun

   weight

2. Wightnoun

   a whit; a bit; a jot

3. Wightnoun

   a supernatural being

4. Wightnoun

   a human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language

5. Wightadjective

   swift; nimble; agile; strong and active

6. Etymology: [OE. wight, wiht, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. vgr in fighting condition, neut. vgh vg war, akin to AS. wg See Vanquish.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wight

   Wight is a Middle English word, from Old English wiht, and used to describe a creature or living sentient being. It is akin to Old High German wiht, meaning a creature or thing. In its original usage the word wight described a living human being. More recently, the word has been used within the fantasy genre of literature to describe undead or wraith-like creatures: corpses with a part of their decayed soul still in residence, often draining life from their victims. Notable examples of this include the undead Barrow-wights from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and the level-draining wights of Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. The English word is cognate with other Germanic words such as Dutch wicht, German Wicht, Old Norse vættr, Norwegian vette, Swedish vätte, Danish vætte. Modern High German Wicht means 'small person, dwarf,' and also 'unpleasant person,' while in Low German the word means 'girl.' The Wicht, Wichtel or Wichtelchen of Germanic folklore is most commonly translated into English as an imp, a small, shy character who often does helpful domestic chores when nobody is looking. These terms are not related to the English word witch. In Scandinavian folklore, too, wights are elusive creatures not unlike elves, capable of mischief as well as of help. In German and Dutch language the word Bösewicht or Booswicht points out an evildoer, "Bösewichte haben keine Lieder" means they are unpleasant folk.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wight

   wīt, n. a creature or a person—used chiefly in sport or irony. [A.S. wiht, a creature, prob. from wegan, to move, carry; Ger. wicht. Cf. Whit.]

2. Wight

   wīt, adj. swift, nimble: courageous, strong.—adv. Wight′ly, swiftly, nimbly. [Ice. vígr, warlike—víg, war (A.S. wíg).]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WIGHT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wight is ranked #6863 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Wight surname appeared 4,904 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Wight.
   
   91.7% or 4,499 total occurrences were White.
   2.4% or 118 total occurrences were Black.
   2.2% or 111 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.8% or 89 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.3% or 67 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 20 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • County
   • Isle
   • Person

How to pronounce WIGHT?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say WIGHT in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of WIGHT in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of WIGHT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of WIGHT in a Sentence

1. Christopher Barker:

   Compton Bay is a famous site for dinosaur fossils on the Isle of Wight. Most of these come from the older Wessex Formation, which was teaming with dinosaurs, our spinosaurs are indeed from the Vectis Formation, and bones( dinosaurs or otherwise) are rare in that formation( which is made up of several rock layers).

2. Transort Secretary Grant Shapps:

   The trial in the Isle of Wight of that tracking app, the NHSX app designed to help assist people, is going well. People have been downloading it enthusiastically and I know that the plan is later in the month to make it more widely available as well.

3. Tommy Potter:

   Isle of Wight County, it is a great place to live, to work, to raise kids, this is a small, tight-knight community. We are an oasis… We don’t have a lot of murders. When something like this happens, especially when it goes unsolved for this long, it does shake the foundation a little bit. People want to know if someone’s trying to take advantage of our quiet way of life here. The field had to have been known by somebody… It kind of reminds people this can happen here. This kind of gruesome crime, it can happen in our backyards.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=WIGHT
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=WIGHT
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wight
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/WIGHT
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=WIGHT
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=WIGHT
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html