whit
noun
[ wɪt ]
• a very small part or amount.
• "the last whit of warmth was drawn off by the setting sun"
Similar:
scrap,
bit,
tiny amount,
speck,
iota,
particle,
ounce,
jot,
atom,
crumb,
shred,
morsel,
trifle,
fragment,
grain,
drop,
touch,
trace,
shadow,
suggestion,
whisper,
suspicion,
scintilla,
spot,
mite,
tittle,
jot or tittle,
modicum,
stim,
smidgen,
smidge,
scantling,
scruple,
Origin:
late Middle English: apparently an alteration of obsolete wight ‘small amount’.
Whit
noun
• short for Whitsuntide.
Whit
adjective
• connected with or following Whit Sunday.
• "Whit Monday"
