Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

atwite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: atwite
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To blame or reproach (someone); to twit.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

PIE word *h₂éd From Middle English atwiten (“to attribute (something) to someone; to blame (something) on someone; to accuse or charge (someone) with something; to speak ill of; to taunt”), from Old English ætwītan (“to blame, reproach; to censure, upbraid; to taunt”), from æt- (prefix meaning ‘at, near; toward’) + wītan (“to accuse; to blame, reproach”) (from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to punish; to torment; to know; to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”)). The English word is analysable as at- + wite.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: at
Root: *weyd-, atwiten, ætwītan, *wītaną

Usage

Inflected Forms

atwites (present, singular) atwiting (participle, present) atwited (participle, past) atwited (past) attwite (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

twit wite

Questions

What does atwite mean?: To blame or reproach (someone); to twit.
Where does atwite come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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