hight

¹ American  

[hahyt] / haɪt /

adjective

1. Archaic. called or named.

   Childe Harold was he hight.

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hight ² American  

[hahyt] / haɪt /

noun

1. height.

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hight British  

/ haɪt /

verb

1. archaic (tr; used only as a past tense in the passive or as a past participle) to name; call

   a maid hight Mary

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Etymology

Origin of hight

before 900; Middle English; Old English heht, reduplicated preterit of hātan to name, call, promise, command (cognate with German heissen to call, be called, mean); akin to behest

Example Sentences

IPlayers picked that hight are expected to make an impact in the next couple of seasons, but Michkov’s KHL status may not allow that.

From Washington Times • Jun. 26, 2023

“Texas is the only state whose flag can fly at the same hight as US flag,” says one Facebook post, misspelling height, and featuring images of the Texas and U.S. flags side by side.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2022

My oldest grandson graduates hight school next year and hopes to be able to afford college.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2016

Harris tweed piled hight in Catherine Campbell's Harris Tweed Company shop and warehouse in Tarbert, on the isle of Harris, Scotland.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2012

Hugh of Tabarie he hight, and with him was a great company of knights of Galilee, for he was lord of that land.

From Tales from the Old French by Various