atwite

English

Etymology

PIE word
*h₂éd

From Middle English atwiten (“to attribute (something) to someone; to blame (something) on someone; to accuse or charge (someone) with something; to speak ill of; to taunt”), from Old English ætwītan (“to blame, reproach; to censure, upbraid; to taunt”), from æt- (prefix meaning ‘at, near; toward’) + wītan (“to accuse; to blame, reproach”) (from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to punish; to torment; to know; to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”)). The English word is analysable as at- +‎ wite.

Verb

atwite (third-person singular simple present atwites, present participle atwiting, simple past and past participle atwited)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To blame or reproach (someone); to twit.

Alternative forms

• attwite

Related terms

• twit
• wite

Anagrams

• twaite