Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inwit

/ˈɪnwɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-wit
IPA: /ˈɪnwɪt/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Inward knowledge or understanding.

Archaic; Uncountable

noun

Conscience; inward sense of morality.

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

""Will it make you happy?" / "Probably not," Kai said irritably. "Inwit tells me that you're trouble from the beginning.""
"Speaking to me. They wash and tub and scrub. Agenbite of inwit. Conscience."
""I knew that was so. Every time that inwit twanged ─ I have conscience like you, reverend sir!""

Etymology

From Middle English inwit (“mind, reason, intellect, understanding; soul, spirit; feeling; the collection of inner faculties; one of five inner faculties; one of the outer bodily senses.; inward awareness of right or wrong, conscience”), from Old English *inwitt, inġewitnes (“consciousness, conscience, knowledge, knowing”), equivalent to in- + wit. Compare Scots inwit, Saterland Frisian Gewieten, West Frisian gewisse, Dutch geweten, German Low German Geweten, German Gewissen.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in
Root: inwit, *inwitt

Usage

Questions

How do you pronounce inwit?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪnwɪt/.
What does inwit mean?: Inward knowledge or understanding.
Where does inwit come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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