WIGHT
What does "WIGHT" mean?
An archaic word for a living being, especially a person, sometimes a supernatural creature.
Meanings
- A human being or living creature, often in an old-fashioned or poetic register. He was a poor wight, friendless and far from home. archaic
- A supernatural or undead being, especially in fantasy fiction and folklore. The barrow-wight reached out for the hobbits in the dark. technical
Did you know?
- 'Wight' once just meant 'a person' - it was Tolkien's spectral barrow-wights, later echoed in games like Dungeons & Dragons, that recast the word as a name for the undead.
Word origin
From Old English 'wiht' meaning 'living being, creature, thing', from Proto-Germanic 'wihti'; the German cognate 'Wicht' (a small being or imp) survives in 'Bosewicht' (villain).
Remember it
WIGHT rhymes with NIGHT - and in modern fantasy, a wight is the thing that walks in the night.
A little poem
A word once warm for any soul-
now cold, it haunts the burial knoll.
couplet
What it teaches
Words age like people: a name that meant kinship can grow strange enough to frighten.
Quick facts
What does WIGHT mean?
An archaic word for a living being, especially a person, sometimes a supernatural creature.
Is WIGHT a valid word?
Yes — WIGHT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WIGHT?
WIGHT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does WIGHT come from?
From Old English 'wiht' meaning 'living being, creature, thing', from Proto-Germanic 'wihti'; the German cognate 'Wicht' (a small being or imp) survives in 'Bosewicht' (villain).
What can WIGHT teach us?
Words age like people: a name that meant kinship can grow strange enough to frighten.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.