whit
whit · whits
думка, мисль, мисля
мысль, идея, дума
Gedanke, Nachdenken
The smallest part or particle imaginableThe smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
/wɪt/
» Not a whit, we defy augury.
Meaning
1 senses(dated)The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
йо́таjóta, ка́пелькаkápelʹka, чу́точкаčútočka
More definitions
- a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
Examples
3 sentencesNot a whit, we defy augury.
I care not a whit.
I don't care a whit.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
smallest part imaginable:
Origin
From Middle English wiȝt, wight, from Old English wiht (“wight, person, creature, being, wFrom 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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