shite

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: shīt, IPA(key): /ʃaɪt/ Rhymes: -aɪt === Etymology 1 === From the Middle English shite, schite, scīte (“excrement”), cognate with Middle Low German schīte, Middle High German schīze, Dutch schijt. Compare Middle English shitel, scitel, scytel (“dung, excrement”), from Old English sċitel. More at shit. Doublet of scheisse. ==== Noun ==== shite (usually uncountable, plural shites) (chiefly UK, Ireland, vulgar) Shit; trash; rubbish; nonsense. (countable, chiefly UK, Ireland, vulgar, derogatory, uncommon) A foolish or deceitful person. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== shite (comparative shiter or more shite, superlative shitest or most shite) (chiefly UK, Ireland, vulgar) Bad; awful; shit. ===== Translations ===== ==== Interjection ==== shite (chiefly UK, Ireland, vulgar) An expression of annoyance or dismay. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English schiten, from Old English sċītan (“to defecate, shit”), from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną (“to defecate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sḱeyd-, *skeyt- (“to vomit, retch, shit”, literally “to shed”). Cognate with Dutch schijten (“to shit”), German scheißen (“to shit”), Swedish skita (“to shit”), Irish sceith, sgeith (“act of spewing, vomiting, shedding”), Albanian shqit (“to tear, separate”). ==== Verb ==== shite (third-person singular simple present shites, present participle shiting, simple past shited or shit or shat, past participle shited or shit or shat or shitten) (UK, chiefly Scotland, Ireland, vulgar) To defecate. ===== Synonyms ===== See Thesaurus:defecate ===== Related terms ===== shitten === Anagrams === Thiès, shiet, Heits, Hites, sheit, Sethi, sithe, heist, seith, Thies, Heist == Japanese == === Romanization === shite Rōmaji transcription of して