n. [ OE. wight, wiht, a wight, a whit, AS. wiht, wuht, a creature, a thing; skin to D. wicht a child, OS. & OHG. wiht a creature, thing, G. wicht a creature, Icel. vætt&unr_; a wight, vætt&unr_; a whit, Goth. waíhts, waíht, thing; cf. Russ. veshche a thing. &unr_;. Cf. Whit. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. A whit; a bit; a jot. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] She was fallen asleep a little wight. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A supernatural being. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language. “Worst of all wightes.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] Every wight that hath discretion. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
