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wights

wights is the plural of wight.

Meaning of wight

Noun

wight (plural wights)

  1. (archaic) A living creature, especially a human being.
    • O bace gongarian wight, wilt thou the ſpicket willd?c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, […] [T]he Merrie Wiues of Windsor. […] (First Quarto), London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for Arthur Ihonson, […], published 1602, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]...
  2. (Germanic, Old-Norse) A supernatural being, often used in compounds such as the land-vættr which guard the land, especially the four guardians of Iceland.
  3. (poetic) A ghost, deity or other supernatural entity.
    • But I saw a glow-worm near, / Who replied: ‘What wailing wight / Calls the watchman of the night?1789, William Blake, A Dream, lines 14–16
  4. A wraith-like creature.

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Questions about wights

What is wights the plural of?
Wights is the plural of wight.

Words near wights in the dictionary

  1. wightmanite
  2. Wightmans
  3. Wightmans Corner
  4. Wightmans Grove
  5. Wighton
  6. wights
  7. WIGIG
  8. Wigilia
  9. Wigington
  10. Wiginton
  11. Wigintons

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