wet
/wɛt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
adj
Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
adj
Of weather or a time period: rainy.
adj
Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
adj
Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "Water is wet."
- "I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet."
- "The baby is wet and needs its nappy changed."
- "Parents and small children can stay cool and soaking wet at interactive water playgrounds."
- "A chimichanga (MWCD: 1982) is a burrito that is deep-fried, rather than baked, and is served in the fashion of a wet burrito."
- "The new item is its first "wet," or sauce-topped, burrito."
Etymology
From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water). Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet”), Saterland Frisian wäitje (“to wet; drench”), Icelandic væta (“to wet”). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet”), from Old English wǣt (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wētaz (“wet, moist”), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet”), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet”), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet”), West Frisian wiet (“wet”), Middle Dutch wet (“wet, damp, watery”), Swedish and Norwegian våt (“wet”), Danish våd (“wet”), Faroese vátur (“wet”), Icelandic votur (“wet”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /wɛt/
- British English: /wɛt/
Usage
- Slang
- British usage
- Archaic
- Colloquial
- Dated
- Obsolete
- Countable
- Uncountable