Complete Definition of "wid"

English

Etymology
Alteration of with.

Alternative spellings
wif (informal)
with

Pronunciation
wĭth, /wɪð/
:Rhymes:English:-ɪð|Rhymes: -ɪð
wĭd, /wɪd/
:Rhymes:English:-ɪd|Rhymes: -ɪd

Preposition
wid

  1. (informal or dialectal) with
Quotations
1893, w:Stephen Crane|Stephen Crane, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets 1
1922, w:Eugene O'Neill|Eugene O'Neill, The Hairy Ape, 2
1940, Shirley Graham, �It�s Morning,� in Black Female Playwrights, Kathy A Perkins ed. 3

Category:English prepositions


Old English
Etymology
Common Germanic *widaz, whence also Old High German wīt, Old Norse víðr

Pronunciation
IPA|/wi�d/
audio|en-us-wid.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
Latinx|wīd

  1. wide, far

Derived terms
widsiþ|wīdsīþ

Descendants
English: wide

Category:Old English adjectives

fr:wid
tr:wid

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