whit

[ wit, hwit ]

noun

1. a particle; bit; jot (used especially in negative phrases):

   not a whit better.

whit

¹

/ wɪt /

noun

1. usually used with a negative the smallest particle; iota; jot

   he has changed not a whit

Whit

²

/ wɪt /

noun

1. See Whitsuntide
   See Whitsuntide

adjective

1. of or relating to Whitsuntide

Word History and Origins

Origin of whit¹

1470–80; perhaps alteration of Middle English wiht wight ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of whit¹

C15: probably variant of wight ¹

Example Sentences

If, after all these years, she possesses any whit of performance anxiety, it has to do only with living up to the legacy of those who showed her the way.

From Washington Post

In 1997, Whit Stillman re-created Studio 54 in its ornate lobby for his film The Last Days of Disco.

From The Daily Beast

Have you and Whit wanted to hook up again since The Last Days of Disco?

From The Daily Beast

Two decades on from his masterpiece on anti-Americanism abroad, Whit Stillman remains obsessed with native-expat dynamics.

From The Daily Beast

Even so, the comments were illuminating in that they show that Obama is of no frame of mind to change the current policy a whit.

From The Daily Beast

The tone was set early when Republican pollster Whit Ayers declared that “we are in an epic struggle against secular socialism.”

From The Daily Beast

The rapid spread of the revolt was not a whit less marvelous than its lack of method or cohesion.

From Project Gutenberg

Was the second Charles one whit more desirable than the first of that ilk?

From Project Gutenberg

The tower in the Grand Place is very fine, and the bricks of which it is built do not yield a whit in color to the best stone.

From Project Gutenberg

His flow of speech is incessant; he seems not a whit disconcerted by my evident disinclination to talk.

From Project Gutenberg

Isabel's theory of life—for women of her make—had not altered a whit, but the beckoning finger had lost its vigor.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• iota