wight
wight is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A whit; a bit; a jot. [Obs.] She was fallen asleep a little wight. Chaucer.
- 2.A supernatural being. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3.A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language. "Worst of all wightes." Chaucer. Every wight that hath discretion. Chaucer. Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight. Milton.
- 4.Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active. [Obs. or Poetic] 'T is full wight, God wot, as is a roe. Chaucer. He was so wimble and so wight. Spenser. They were Night and Day, and Day and Night, Pilgrims wight with steps forthright. Emerson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adolescence
- animal
- beau
- blade
- boar
- boy
- buck
- bull
- bullock
- capon
- chap
- cock
- dog
- drake
- elf
- entire
- est
- fellow
- gaffer
- gander
- gay
- gelding
- gentleman
- goat
- good
- hart
- him
- his
- horse
- husband
- lupus
- male
- man
- manhood
- manly
- married
- masculine
- master
- mister
- non
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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