inwit
English
/ˈɪnwɪt/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) Inward knowledge or understanding.
- (obsolete) Conscience; inward sense of morality.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English inwit (conscience, reason, intellect, soul, one of five inner faculties, mind, the collection of inner faculties, spirit, understanding, inward awareness of right wrong, feeling, one of the outer bodily senses) inherited from Old English *inwitt prefix from English wit (understanding, know, a clever man, knowledge).
Origin
English
wit
Gloss
understanding, know, a clever man, knowledge
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
知
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterwit English
- bewit English
- dickwit English
- dimwit English
- dullwit English
- forewit English
- fuckwit English
- lackwit English
- nitwit English
- numbwit English
- outwit English
- overwit English
- puzzlewit English
- quick-witted English
- shitwit English
- thickwit English
- underwit English
- unwit English
- wantwit English
- wit English
- witcraft English
- witful English
- witless English
- witling English
- witness English
- witsome English
- witted English
- witteth English
- wittol English
- witty English
- witwanton English
- witworm English
- Gewissen German
- Gewissensbiss German
- gewissenhaft German
- witzig German
- geweten Dutch, Flemish
- gewetenloos Dutch, Flemish
- gewetensbezwaar Dutch, Flemish
- gewetensnood Dutch, Flemish
- gewisse Dutch, Flemish
- weten Dutch, Flemish
- *inwitt Old English
- inwit Middle English
- wit Middle English
- witt Middle English
- giwizzani Old High German
- gewēten Middle Low German
- Gewieten Saterland Frisian