wight
noun
a human being.
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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
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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
And the blue eyes Arya would shut forever were the Night King’s, along with every other wight and White Walker, all of whom stemmed from him.
From The Verge ● 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
"Well," he said casually, "perhaps you're not such a bad sort after all, for a country wight."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service said 26 fire engines were on the scene tackling the blaze on the A31 near Ringwood on Sunday evening.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Firefighters have tackled a small blaze at the site of a coastal wildfire that burned for five days on the Isle of Wight.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 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
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
The camera cuts straight to Daenerys, who not only rode “that thing” but hatched and raised it and strafed thousands of wights and took on the Night King.
From Slate ● May 7, 2019
The majority of the battle between good and evil, living and dead, zombies with obscenely cool blue eyes and those with regular sad eyes, took place between wights and Winterfell’s army.
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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