English
Pronunciation
IPA|/�wɪtɪ�/
Etymology 1
Partly from Old Norse vitand, partly from the present participle of wit.
Noun
en-noun|-
- obsolete knowledge, awareness
#*Late C14: for his wyf was at a someres game, / Wiþouten his wityng, he forsook hire eke. � Geoffrey Chaucer, �The Wife of Bath's Prologue� ll. 648-9, Canterbury Tales (Oxford 1988, p. 113)
Etymology 2
Participle adjective of wit.
Adjective
en-adj
- aware
- done consciously; intentional
Antonyms
unwitting
Verb
witting
- present participle of|wit
vi:witting
zh:witting
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