wot

[wot]

verb

Archaic.

1. first and third person singular present tense of wit.

wot

/ wɒt /

verb

1. archaic,  a form of the present tense (indicative mood) of wit 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of wot¹

Middle English woot, Old English wāt; cognate with German weiss, Old Norse veit, Gothic wait, Greek oîda, I have seen, I know, Sanskrit veda; wit ²

Example Sentences

Or to quote one of its most memorable headlines, was it The Sun Wot Won It?

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After Thatcher’s Conservative successor John Major unexpectedly triumphed in the 1992 election, the tabloid boasted: “It’s the Sun wot won it.”

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“We want to bury him like he’s a ‘wot,’ like a ‘tomier,’ ” Salazar said, “which are two of the words for chief or leader” in the Chumash and Tataviam languages, respectively.

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“He’s no slouch at dog-breakin’, that’s wot I say,” one of the men on the wall cried enthusiastically.

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“Wot I say?” the dog-driver cried to Perrault.

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