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whit.

The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/wɪt//ʍɪt/
  1. The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.

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Where this word comes from

From Middle English wiȝt, wight, from Old English wiht (“wight, person, creature, being, whit, thing, something, anything”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtą (“thing, creature”) or *wihtiz (“essence, object”), from Proto-Indo-European *wekti- (“cause, sake, thing”), from *wekʷ- (“to say, tell”). Cognate with Old High German wiht (“creature, thing”), Dutch wicht, German Wicht. Doublet of wight.

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