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  • present tense form of wit (3rd person singular).
  • an inflection of wit.

wot

American  
[wot] / wɒt /

verb

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


wot British  
/ wɒt /

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of wot

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


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And the qey wot adds sparks of raw jalapeño and tomato to chopped lamb.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2021

Let’s talk a little bit about wot the violence interrupters are.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2021

“It’s so interesting that you think that,” she says, which is Cheryl code for “U wot m8”.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2018

“Wot you ’ave to know about chimney flues,” he was declaring, “is that flues ’as several twists in ’em, cuz they’s attached to uvver flues wot shares one openin’.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2018

It was the money left me, and the gains of the first few year wot I sent home to Mr. Jaggers—all for you—when he first come arter you, agreeable to my letter.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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