Meaning
1 senses(dated)The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
йо́таjóta, ка́пелькаkápelʹka, чу́точкаčútočka
- 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 languagesBy meaning 1
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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