Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun First and third persons singular indicative present of wit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete 1st & 3d pers. sing. pres. of
wit , to know. See thenote underwit , v.
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- interjection
what (humorous misspelling intended to mimic certainworking class accents) - verb First-person singular simple present form of
wit . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
wit . - verb archaic To
know .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ye see a notorious exchange of the construction, and application of the words in this: _I wot what I meane_; and _I meane what I wot_, and in the other, _company the knaue Carrier_, and _carrie a knaue in your company_.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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Christian Bale IS an awesome actor and everybody can appreciate an artist doing well or wot is required of him or her in their craft.
Behind the Scenes Clips from David O. Russell’s The Fighter | /Film 2010
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'You oughtn't to get mix'd up in wot didn't concern you!'
The Convert 1907
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Joe Barnes -- as that's the name wot you was known by in England -- I'm _determined_ to get that 'ere purse.
The Children's Pilgrimage L. T. Meade 1884
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I don't kno yet wether I'd better axcept his offer to become a pollytishun, cos I've got my mind set on the jurnerlistick perfesshun, and its bout the eesiest way to mak a fortune and a name wot I culd get.
The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885 Metta Victoria Fuller Victor 1858
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Eyetalian Prince by dis time, wid a title wot ud reach across dis room an 'jewels ter match, "and The Croak looked at his friend in undisguised admiration.
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life Lemuel Ely Quigg
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Have watched it happen to many a man low on totem pole, and to me too but that sounds like paranoia, others see it but act like gnu when the lion decides to a mothers calf and stand around bleeting “wot is ‘appening to me kid”
Where Were You When You Heard About NightJack? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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"'Look' ere, 'ses Ginger,' are you going to tell me in plain English wot it's all about, or are you not? '
Light Freights 1903
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Dean, aka wot we renaemed himsDeanie Baby, the cat weir katsittink for, goes MEEP!
teh rooster called in sick todeh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I remember the Lancers at baseball, and a young gunner sitting on a limber, licking his pencil and writing to the dictation of a farrier-sergeant with his arm in a sling: "... an 'tell Sammy' is Dad 'as got a Sikh sword wot' e shall 'ave if' e's bin good, an 'a silk shawl for' is Mum - stay, make that 'is dear Mum an' my best gel ..."
Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990
oroboros commented on the word wot
Tow in reverse.
November 3, 2007
bilby commented on the word wot
Wot is it?
June 8, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word wot
A variant of wit is wot, which is almost unknown outside of its negative: wotless, "unknowing, ignorant" (pretty much synonymous with witless) and the phrase God wot, meaning "God knows".
June 21, 2008
asativum commented on the word wot
Coulda sworn PG Wodehouse had an exchange involving the phrase "wot's wot, what?"
June 21, 2008
5814738 commented on the word wot
"AND THE FAIR-DAY GOOSE IS ALMOST MINE, I WOT." From Wizard and Glass by Stephen King.
January 11, 2011