wist

See also: -wist

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɪst/
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Etymology 1

Past indicative of wit: from Old English witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see, know). Cognate with Dutch weten, German wissen, Swedish veta, and Latin videō (I see). Compare guide.

Verb

wist

  1. (archaic) simple past and past participle of wit.
    • a1796, Robert Burns, "Bonie Jean: A Ballad", in Poems and Songs, P.F. Collier & Son (1909–14), Bartleby.com (2001), ,
      And lang ere witless Jeanie wist, / Her heart was tint, her peace was stown!
    • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History [], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
      Did the maledicent Bodyguard, getting (as was too inevitable) better malediction than he gave, load his musketoon, and threaten to fire; and actually fire? Were wise who wist!

Etymology 2

A misunderstanding, or a joking use of the past indicative of wit; see Etymology 1.

Verb

wist (third-person singular simple present wists, present participle wisting, simple past and past participle wisted)

  1. (nonstandard, pseudo-archaic) To know, be aware of.
Usage notes
  • This use of wist was never a part of the regular English language; rather, it resulted from the erroneous attempted use of archaisms.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪst
  • (file)

Verb

wist

  1. singular past indicative of weten
  2. inflection of wissen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wist/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *wisti (essence).

Noun

wist f

  1. being, existence
  2. well-being
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle English: wiste, wyste

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *wisti (food).

Noun

wist f

  1. provisions, food
  2. feast, meal
  3. delicacy
  4. abundance, plenty
    • The Legend of St. Andrew in Verse
      ...Ne ġedafenað þē nū þē dryhten ġeaf welan and wiste and woruldspēde,...
      ...It befitteth thee not since to thee the Lord hath given wealth and abundance and worldly prosperity,...
Declension

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English whist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vist/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ist
  • Syllabification: wist

Noun

wist m inan

  1. whist (card game)

Declension

Further reading

  • wist in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wist in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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