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Witter

//ˈwɪtɚ// adj, name, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
knowing, certain, sure, wis. dialectal, obsolete

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Verb

1
To speak at length on a trivial subject. informal, intransitive
"She got home and started wittering about some religious cult she’d just heard about."
2
to make sure, inform, or declare. dialectal, intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English witter, witer, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse vitr (“wise, knowing”), from Proto-Germanic *witraz (“knowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Icelandic vitur (“wise”). More at wit, wis.

Etymology 2

From Middle English witteren, witeren, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse vitra (“to make wise, make sure”), from Proto-Germanic *witrōną (“to make wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Icelandic vitra (“to make wise, make certain”), Icelandic vitur (“wise”). More at wit, wis.

Etymology 3

From Middle English Witere, Wytere, Whittere, Whytere (surname), from Middle English whitere (“a bleacher, caulker, whitewasher”), equivalent to white + -er.

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