different between nitter vs witter

English

Etymology

nit +? -er

Noun

nitter (plural nitters)

1. (zoology) A louse that deposits nits on horses.

Anagrams

• retint, ritten, tinter

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nit?/

Adjective

nitter

1. low

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w?t.?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?t?(r)

Etymology 1

Verb

witter (third-person singular simple present witters, present participle wittering, simple past and past participle wittered)

1. (intransitive, informal) To speak at length on a trivial subject.

   She got home and started wittering about some religious cult she’d just heard about.

Etymology 2

From Middle English witter, witer, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse vitr (“wise, knowing”), from Proto-Germanic *witraz (“knowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Icelandic vitur (“wise”). More at wit, wis.

Adjective

witter (comparative more witter, superlative most witter)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) knowing, certain, sure, wis.

Etymology 3

From Middle English witteren, witeren, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse vitra (“to make wise, make sure”), from Proto-Germanic *witr?n? (“to make wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Icelandic vitra (“to make wise, make certain”), Icelandic vitur (“wise”). More at wit, wis.

Verb

witter (third-person singular simple present witters, present participle wittering, simple past and past participle wittered)

1. (intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) to make sure, inform, or declare.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t?r/

Adjective

witter

1. Comparative form of wit; whiter

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse vetr, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz. Cognate with Swedish vinter.

Noun

witter m

1. winter

Inflection

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?t?]

Verb

witter

1. inflection of wittern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?wet?r]

Noun

witter (plural witters)

1. (South Scots) water