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).

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English

wit

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understanding, know, a clever man, knowledge

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