ight

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English iht, eiȝt, eȝte, æihte, from Old English ǣht (“possessions, property, riches”), from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ēyk- (“to have, own, be able to”).

Noun

ight (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) possession

Alternative forms

• eight, aught

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Contraction

ight

1. (slang) Alternative form of aight.

References

• “Ight” listed on page 30 of volume V (H–K), § ii (I) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1901]
    Ight, var. eighte, Aught sb.¹ Obs., possession. [¶] 1390 Gower Conf. II. 378 This Priamus had in his ight [MS. Fairfax 3 yhte] A wife and Hecuba she hight.
• “ight” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Anagrams

• ghit, gith, thig, tigh