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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Wight

Wight, n.

noun

(wīt), n. [Scot. wicht, A-S. wiht, wuht, a creature, animal; O. Sax. & O. H. Ger. wiht, Goth. waihts, f., waiht, n., N. H. Ger. & D. wicht, Icel. vätt, vättr, vöttr, vettr, f., Dan. vätte, Sw. vätte, vätter, n. Cf. WHIT and AUGHT.]

Sense 1. A supernatural being. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Sense 2. A being; a person;—used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language. “The wight of all the world who loved thee best.” Dryden.

O say me true if thou wert mortal wight. Milton.

Wight, a.

adjective

(wīt), a. [Scot. wicht, Sw. vig, agile; Icel. vígr, warlike; A-S. wīg, wīh, a fight, wīga, a soldier, wīglīc, warlike.] Swift; “nimble.” [Obs.] “He was so nimble and so wight.” Spenser.