wastite

Middle English

Alternative forms

• waastete, wastete

Etymology

From wast (“desolate”) +‎ -ite, calquing Latin vāstitās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌwaːstiˈteː/, /ˈwaːstiteː/

Noun

wastite (uncountable)

1. (rare) waste, desolation

References

• “wā̆stetẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.