Meaning & use
wight
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An archaic term for a living being or creature, especially a person.
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The old ballad spoke of a poor wight wandering the moors at night.
In the fantasy novel, a wight rose from the ancient burial mound to haunt the living.
A note on using this word
Rarely used in modern English outside of archaic, poetic, or fantasy-fiction writing, where it often refers to an undead or supernatural being.
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