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Word: Wis
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
early 16th century: originally in I wis, alteration of the obsolete adverb iwis ‘certainly’, erroneously interpreted as ‘I know’ (associated with wist, past tense of wit)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
wɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
know well
Short Definition:know well
Examples:- and, you wis, Lord Julian is a hasty man
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