shite
/ʃaɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "That’s a load of shite."
- "Look at all this shite."
- "“I had a visit from one of Colonel Datka’s people this afternoon. I don’t think it’s a coincidence.” / “Shite.” The brass-necked gears are turning behind his eyes. “What makes you say that?” […] “Coincidences happen.”"
- "He's a useless shite."
- "Pull yourself together. It’s not like he’s going to break in and rape you, is it? He’s just a nasty wee shite, as they say hereabouts, a misogynistic pick-up artist who’s too cheap to use a tissue."
- "That was a shite film."
Etymology
From the Middle English shite, schite, scīte (“excrement”), cognate with Middle Low German schīte, Middle High German schīze, Dutch schijt. Compare Middle English shitel, scitel, scytel (“dung, excrement”), from Old English sċitel. More at shit. Doublet of scheisse.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: shite, schiten, sċītan, *skītan, *skītaną, *sḱeyd-
Usage
- British usage
- Uncountable
- Countable
- Derogatory
Inflected Forms
shites (plural)
shiter (comparative)
more shite (comparative)
shitest (superlative)
most shite (superlative)
shites (present, singular)
shiting (participle, present)
shited (past)
shit (past)
shat (past)
shited (participle, past)
shit (participle, past)
Derived Forms
Phrases
chat shite
give a shite
hadaway and shite
load of shite
piece of shite
pile of shite
shower of shite
talk shite