wilt

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wɪlt/ Rhymes: -ɪlt === Etymology 1 === Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”). ==== Verb ==== wilt (third-person singular simple present wilts, present participle wilting, simple past and past participle wilted) (intransitive) To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower). (intransitive) To fatigue; to lose strength; to flag. (transitive) To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower). (transitive) To cause to fatigue; to exhaust. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== wilt (countable and uncountable, plural wilts) The act of wilting or the state of being wilted. (phytopathology) Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English wilt, from Old English wilt, from Proto-West Germanic *wilt, second person singular preterite-present of Proto-West Germanic *willjan. Cognate with Dutch wilt (“wilt”, second-person singular of willen), German willt (archaic second person singular indicative of wollen). ==== Verb ==== wilt (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of will 1952, Bible (Revised Standard Version), Psalms 17:3 If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me. === Anagrams === IWLT == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪlt IPA(key): /ʋɪlt/ Homophone: wild === Verb === wilt inflection of willen: second-person singular present indicative (archaic) plural imperative == Middle Dutch == === Verb === wilt inflection of willen: third-person singular present indicative second-person plural present indicative plural imperative == Old Dutch == === Etymology === Derived from the adjective wildi (“wild”). === Noun === wilt n wildlife ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: wilt Dutch: wild === References === “wilt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wilt/, [wiɫt] === Verb === wilt second-person singular present indicative of willan == Plautdietsch == === Alternative forms === willa === Etymology === From Middle Low German wilde, wilt, from Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī. === Adjective === wilt (comparative willa, superlative wilsta) wild, untamed Antonyms: tom, mak ferocious, fierce ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== vewilren Wiltniss