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
Drogon is injured and Dany fends for herself; as a wight descends, faithful Jorah chops its head off.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
Turns out the wight dragon spits blue flames, enough to ensure Season 7 closes with the dead pouring through the gap to head South.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2017
The Night King’s frozen army of the dead marched on the wall with its newest weapon — one of Daenerys’ dragons that was killed, then resurrected as a wight — that spits blue flames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2017
“This wight was discovered working in an American department store at Christmas. He was able to interact with a great many children in a remarkably short time—touching them, interrogating them—screening for signs of peculiarity.”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said a 37-year-old man of no fixed abode had been arrested after a "boat that had an emergency responder on board" was damaged in the Channel.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
As a result, Border Force and the coastguard opted to bring the group ashore at Eastney Landing in Portsmouth, with lifeboats from Bembridge and Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight assisting in the operation.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said on Friday it would use new powers under the Crime and Policing Act to prevent people involved in protest activity from wearing face coverings that conceal their identity.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
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
Three things lay on the doormat: a postcard from Uncle Vernon’s sister Marge, who was vacationing on the Isle of Wight, a brown envelope that looked like a bill, and — a letter for Harry.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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
A skinny soldier, haggard from taking on a small army of wights, standing between the Night King and a strange teenager?
From The Verge ● Apr. 29, 2019
As his wights terrifyingly breach the Winterfell fire wall, I breach the lid of a can of Pringles—clementines can’t save me now.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
“As if the wights cared about our laws,” said Emma.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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