Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

witter

/ˈwɪtɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables: wit-ter
IPA: /ˈwɪtɚ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To speak at length on a trivial subject.

Informal; Intransitive verb

adj

knowing, certain, sure, wis.

Obsolete

verb

to make sure, inform, or declare.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

name

Example Sentences

"She got home and started wittering about some religious cult she’d just heard about."
"When people witter on about pollution nowadays, I think of the days when going to school in broad daylight, I couldn't see my feet in the London smog. I had to feel the kerb with my front bike wheel."

Etymology

From Middle English witter, witer, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse vitr (“wise, knowing”), from Proto-Germanic *witraz (“knowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Icelandic vitur (“wise”). More at wit, wis.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: witter, vitr, *witraz, *weyd-, witteren, vitra

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈwɪtɚ/
British English: /ˈwɪtə(ɹ)/

Usage

Inflected Forms

witters (present, singular) wittering (participle, present) wittered (participle, past) wittered (past) more witter (comparative) most witter (superlative) Witters (plural)

Rhymes With

twitter bitter litter transmitter glitter hitter sitter fitter ritter emitter splitter critter

Questions

How do you pronounce witter?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɪtɚ/.
What does witter mean?: To speak at length on a trivial subject.
Where does witter come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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