wight
noun
a human being.
wight
1 American
[wahyt]
/ waɪt /
noun
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wights
plural
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a human being.
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Obsolete.
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a supernatural being, as a witch or sprite.
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any living being; a creature.
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wight
2
American
[wahyt]
/ waɪt /
adjective
British Dialect.
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strong and brave, especially in war.
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active; nimble.
Wight
3
American
[wahyt]
/ waɪt /
noun
Wight
1
British
/ waɪt /
noun
wight
2
British
/ waɪt /
noun
wight
3
British
/ waɪt /
adjective
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of wight1
before 900; Middle English, Old English wiht; cognate with German Wicht, Old Norse vēttr, Gothic waiht
Origin of wight2
1175–1225; Middle English < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse vīgt, neuter of vīgr able to fight
Example Sentences
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Come the spring, I’m off to either Brownsea Island or the Isle of wight and will report back.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2020
After a bunch of wight hooey with Arya in a library, and continuing anxiety in the crypt, valor, in the form of saving Arya from a wight pack, takes Beric Dondarrion.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
Season 8 opens with a massive war literally on the horizon as the White Walkers and their undead wight army have breached The Wall and are heading towards the world of men.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2019
No episode better exemplifies that than “Beyond the Wall,” where Jon Snow and his band of merry men venture, um, beyond the Wall in an extremely ill-advised plan to capture a wight.
From The Verge ● Jan. 2, 2018
The wight in the passenger seat nodded to the one who’d captured us and gave a little salute—Nice going!—then turned to us and stared.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
The largest fire in Gironde region, where the city of Bordeaux is situated, burnt about 42,000 hectares of land - roughly equivalent in size to the Isle of Wight.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The project started in 2019 and since then, 45 white-tailed eagles have been released from the population on the Isle of Wight.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
In 2022, his company, Isle of Wight Materials, supplied much of the fill for a three-million-square-foot Amazon fulfillment warehouse in Suffolk, Va.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
A helicopter has been brought in as firefighters continue to fight a large heathland blaze on the Isle of Wight.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Dover Wight Portland, I thought; northwest six to gale eight, becoming cyclonic...
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
What would have been the most minor behaviors a week ago — the unprotected high-five, the leaned-in whisper, the detective getting in a suspect’s face — now seem as otherworldly as wights and flying dragons.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2020
Boiling oil might have made the wights more irritable but probably would not have slowed their advance.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2019
As the scene changes to showcase the effect of the Night King’s death, with wights everywhere fading into nothingness, we also get a fantastic shot of Viserion going down.
From The Verge ● Apr. 29, 2019
The soldiers rush into the castle as wights advance, and Melisandre, fire pal, magically lights the trenches—boy, she is great, I’ve decided.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
“Lord Commander, wights are monstrous, unnatural creatures. Abominations before the eyes ofthe gods. You ... you cannot mean to try to talk with them?”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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