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Wot

//wɔt// adv, intj, pron, verb

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of what (used to contradict an assumption) Singlish, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Intj
  1. 1
    Eye dialect spelling of what. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling

    "Wot, no bananas?"

Pronoun
  1. 1
    Eye dialect spelling of what. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling

    "Fer, as the poit sez, me 'eart 'as got / The pip wiv yearnin' fer - I dunno wot."

Verb
  1. 1
    To know (in the sense of knowing a fact). archaic

    "He that walketh in the darke, wotteth not whither he goeth."

  2. 2
    first-person singular present indicative of wit first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular
  3. 3
    third-person singular simple present indicative of wit form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English woten, from Old English weotan. An extension of the present-tense form of wit (verb) to apply to all forms.

Etymology 2

From wit, in return from Old English witan.

Etymology 3

Representing pronunciation.

Etymology 4

Representing pronunciation.

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