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whet
English
Etymology
From Middle English whetten, from Old English hwettan (“to whet, sharpen, incite, encourage”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjan, from Proto-Germanic *hwatjan? (“to incite, sharpen”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?eh?d- (“sharp”).
Cognate with Dutch wetten (“to whet, sharpen”), German wetzen (“to whet, sharpen”), Icelandic hvetja (“to whet, encourage, catalyze”), dialectal Danish hvæde (“to whet”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?w?t/
- (without wine–whine) IPA(key): /???t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?w?t/, [?w?(?)t?]
- (without wine–whine) IPA(key): /???t/, [???(?)t?]
- Rhymes: -?t
- Homophone: wet
Verb
whet (third-person singular simple present whets, present participle whetting, simple past and past participle whetted or whet)
- (transitive) To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV scene i[1]:
- Why dost thou whet thy knife so earnestly?
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV scene i[1]:
- (transitive) To stimulate or make more keen.
- to whet one's appetite or one's courage
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act II scene i[2]:
- Since Cassius first did whet me against Caesar, / I have not slept.
- 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xv[3]:
- My faith in vegetarianism grew on me from day to day. Salt's book whetted my appetite for dietetic studies. I went in for all books available on vegetarianism and read them.
- (transitive, obsolete) To preen.
Derived terms
- whetter (rare)
- whetstone
Translations
Noun
whet (plural whets)
- The act of whetting something.
- That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer.
- sips, drams, and whets
- 1769, Elizabeth Raffald, The Experienced English Housekeeper
- To make a nice Whet before Dinner […]
Anagrams
- thew
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appetise
English
Alternative forms
- appetize
Etymology
Back-formation from appetising.
Verb
appetise (third-person singular simple present appetises, present participle appetising, simple past and past participle appetised)
- (rare) To whet the appetite.
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