unwit

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ wit.

Pronunciation

Noun

unwit (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Lack of wit or understanding; ignorance.

Verb

unwit (third-person singular simple present unwits, present participle unwitting, simple past and past participle unwitted)

  1. To deprive of wit.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “unwit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

unwit

  1. ignorance
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1084-1087:
      [...] Unhappy man! anon I wol me hye
      To tellen thyn unwit and thy folye,
      And eek the falsnesse of that other wrecche,
      As ferforth as that my conning may strecche.
      Unhappy man! right now I will hasten myself
      To tell thy lack of prudence and thy folly,
      And also the falseness of that other wretch,
      Insofar as my skill will stretch.
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