different between wot vs wos
wot
- See also: WOT
English
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) enPR: w?t, IPA(key): /w?t/
- (UK) enPR: w?t, IPA(key): /w?t/
- (US) enPR: wät, IPA(key): /w?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- Homophones: watt, what (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Etymology 1
An extension of the present-tense form of wit (verb) to apply to all forms.
Verb
wot (third-person singular simple present wots, present participle wotting, simple past and past participle wotted)
- (archaic) To know.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John XII:
- He that walketh in the darke, wotteth not whither he goeth.
- 1855, John Godfrey Saxe, Poems, Ticknor & Fields 1855, p. 121:
- She little wots, poor Lady Anne! Her wedded lord is dead.
- 1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, "The Garden of Proserpine" in Poems and Ballads, 1st Series, London: J. C. Hotten, 1866:
- They wot not who make thither […]
- 1889, William Morris, The Roots of the Mountains, Inkling Books 2003, p. 241:
- Then he cast his eyes on the road that entered the Market-stead from the north, and he saw thereon many men gathered; and he wotted not what they were […]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John XII:
Etymology 2
From wit, in return from Old English witan.
Verb
wot
- first-person singular present indicative of wit
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wit
Etymology 3
Representing pronunciation.
Interjection
wot
- Pronunciation spelling of what.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin 2003, p. 319)
- Then, wot with undertakers, and wot with parish clerks, and wot with sextons, and wot with private watchmen (all awaricious and all in it), a man wouldn't get much by it, even if it was so.
- (popular slogan during wartime rationing)
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin 2003, p. 319)
Etymology 4
Adverb
wot (not comparable)
- (Singlish) Alternative form of wat (used to contradict an assumption)
Anagrams
- OTW, TOW, Tow, WTO, owt, tow, two
Kriol
Etymology
From English what.
Pronoun
wot
- (interrogative) what
Synonyms
- wani/wanim
Lower Sorbian
Preposition
wot (with genitive)
- Superseded spelling of wót.
Middle English
Verb
wot
- first/third-person singular present indicative of witen
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English ward.
Noun
wot
- ward
wot From the web:
- what wot means
- what wotc mean
- what with
- what withholding should i claim
- what word
- what wotakoi character are you
- what witch hazel good for
- what withdraw mean
wos
English
Verb
wos
- Eye dialect spelling of was.
- 1876, Edward Everett Hale, "Phillip Nolan's Friends; or, 'Show Your Passports!'", Scribner's Monthly, Vol. XII, No. 1, page 20[1]:
- She wos real good to 'em all, she wos, ma'am.
- 1876, Edward Everett Hale, "Phillip Nolan's Friends; or, 'Show Your Passports!'", Scribner's Monthly, Vol. XII, No. 1, page 20[1]:
Anagrams
- OSW, OWS, Sow, sow
Catawba
Etymology
The word is related to wus, wuss (“wasp”).
Noun
wos
- bee
Lower Sorbian
Noun
wos f (diminutive woska)
- Superseded spelling of wós.
Declension
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wo?s/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *w?s?, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”). Akin to Middle Low German wose (“foam; froth”), Old English w?se (“marsh; mire”).
Noun
w?s n (nominative plural w?s)
- juice, sap; moisture
Declension
Related terms
- w?san
Descendants
- Middle English: wos, wose
- English: ooze, wooze
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Noun
w?s
- genitive singular of w?h
Tok Pisin
Noun
wos
- sentinel
wos From the web:
- what wos stands for
- what was uncle tom's cabin about
- what wosa means
- wossy meaning
- worst means
- woshige what are you standing up for
- what does wos mean
- what does sog stand for
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