- ætwítan
- sv/t1 3rd pres ætwíteþ past ætwát/ætwiton ptp ætwiten to reproach (with), censure, taunt, blame, upbraid
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
ætwítan
Look at other dictionaries:
ætwitan — reproach … The Old English to English
twit — I. noun Date: 1528 1. an act of twitting ; taunt 2. a silly annoying person ; fool II. transitive verb (twitted; twitting) Etymology: Middle English atwiten to reproach, from Old Engli … New Collegiate Dictionary
sculan — irreg v/i 3rd pres sceall, scal/sculon past sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde ptp gesculen 1. to owe; hé him sceolde 10,000 peninga he owed him 10,000 pennies; 2. denoting obligation or constraint of various kinds, shall, must, ought, (I) have or… … Old to modern English dictionary
twit — was originally, and still is, a verb, meaning ‘taunt’ [16]. It is a shortened version of the now defunct atwite. This went back to Old English ætwītan, a compound verb formed from the prefix æt , denoting ‘opposition’, and wītan ‘reproach’. It is … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
twit — {{11}}twit (n.) foolish, stupid and ineffectual person, 1934, British slang, popular 1950s 60s, crossed over to U.S. with British sitcoms. It probably developed from TWIT (Cf. twit) (v.) in the sense of reproach, but it may be influenced by… … Etymology dictionary
reproach — lean, ætwitan … English to the Old English
twit — twit1 noun informal, chiefly Brit. a silly or foolish person. Derivatives twittish adjective Origin 1930s (orig. dialect, in the sense tale bearer ): perh. from twit2. twit2 verb (twits, twitting, twitted) … English new terms dictionary
twit — I [[t]twɪt[/t]] v. twit•ted, twit•ting, n. 1) to taunt or ridicule with reference to anything embarrassing; gibe at 2) to reproach or upbraid 3) an act of twitting 4) a derisive reproach; taunt; gibe • Etymology: 1520–30; aph. var. of obs. atwite … From formal English to slang
twit — I. /twɪt / (say twit) verb (t) (twitted, twitting) 1. to taunt, gibe at, or banter by references to anything embarrassing. 2. to reproach or upbraid. –noun 3. the act of twitting. 4. a derisive reproach; taunt; gibe. {aphetic variant of obsolete… …
twit — was originally, and still is, a verb, meaning ‘taunt’ [16]. It is a shortened version of the now defunct atwite. This went back to Old English ætwītan, a compound verb formed from the prefix æt , denoting ‘opposition’, and wītan ‘reproach’. It is … Word origins
