wot
/wɔt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
Eye dialect spelling of what.
pron
Eye dialect spelling of what.
adv
Alternative form of what (used to contradict an assumption)
Example Sentences
- "He that walketh in the darke, wotteth not whither he goeth."
- "Take heed to false harlots, and more, ye wot what. / If noise ye heare, / Looke all be cleare: / Least drabs doe noie thee, / And theeues destroie thee."
- "VVots thou vvho's returnd, / The unthrift Bonvile, ragged as a ſcarre-crovv / The VVarres have gnavv'd his garments to the skinne: […]"
- "She little wots, poor Lady Anne! Her wedded lord is dead."
- "I sang these things long since and knew them not; "Lo, here is love, or there is love, God wot, This man and that finds favour in his eyes," I said, "but I, what guerdon have I got?"
- "They wot not who make thither […]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /wɔt/
- British English: /wɒt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
wots (present, singular)
wotting (participle, present)
wotted (participle, past)
wotted (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
wotted (first person, past)
wottest (archaic, present)
wotted (past, second person)
wottedst (archaic, past)
wotteth (archaic, present)
wotted (past, singular)