shite
English
/ʃaɪt/
noun
Definitions
- (British) Shit; trash; rubbish; nonsense
- (British) A foolish or deceitful person.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scīte, scite (excrement).
Origin
Middle English
scīte, scite
Gloss
excrement
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bag English
- beshite English
- gob English
- gobshite English
- hawk English
- load English
- poke English
- shitebag English
- shitehawk English
- shiteload English
- shitepoke English
- shitey English
- shity English
- web English
- webshite English
- Scheiße German
- schijt Dutch, Flemish
- schijtluis Dutch, Flemish
- *skītaz Proto-Germanic
- bishiten Middle English
- scīte, scite Middle English
- schite Middle Dutch
- schīze Middle High German
- schīte Middle Low German
- Schitt(e), Schitte Low German