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How to pronounce wight in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms creature
Type of individual, somebody, soul, person, mortal, someone
Type Words
Synonyms isle of wight
Type of county

Examples of wight

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Wight, 52, was a keen farmer, with a property at Culcairn, just north of Albury.
From the smh.com.au
In the Viking age women are likely to have played the main role in the wight cult.
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Wight didn't know LeBlanc's, but he wouldn't have had time to register it, anyway.
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Wight blew up the images and burned them into vellum with a magnifying glass.
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Wight had to drop his, too, even though he was entering an element entirely not his.
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Wight, who grew up in Aiken, S.C., already was 7 feet, 300-plus pounds in high school.
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Wight happens to be just as reliable on the ice, never missing a game with the Thunder.
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Wight has always tried to get home before his children went to bed.
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Many a wight gets monstrously cheated by sealing a bargain at dinner.
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More examples
  • Creature: a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
  • An isle and county of southern England in the English Channel
  • Wight is a Middle English word, from Old English wiht, and used to describe a creature or living sentient being. It is akin to Old High German wiht, meaning a creature or thing. In its original usage the word wight described a living human being...
  • A wight is an undead creature in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
  • Wight is a surname.
  • A living creature, especially a human being; A being of one of the Nine Worlds of heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor; A ghost or other supernatural entity; Brave, valorous, strong
  • (adj): Homestar Runner's mispronunciation of the word 'right'.
  • A person; a creature