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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

i wiss

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
i wiss
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

surely, certainly; indeed, assuredly

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From an incorrect assumption made by editors where i-wiss, iwis (“certainly, for sure”) was hypercorrected to I wiss, as if wiss were a verb and I were the pronoun I. See also wiss, wis, iwis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

I wuss (alternative) I wis (alternative)

Questions

What does i wiss mean?
surely, certainly; indeed, assuredly
Where does i wiss come from?
From an incorrect assumption made by editors where i-wiss, iwis (“certainly, for sure”) was hypercorrected to I wiss, as if wiss were a verb and I were the pronoun I. See also wiss, wis, iwis.

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