Category:Whit

Whit, n. Etym: [oe. wight, wiht, as. wiht a creature, a thing. See Wight, and cf. Aught, naught.]

Defn: the smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an Iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative Sentence. "samuel told him every whit." 1 sam. iii. 18. "every whit As great." South. So shall i no whit be behind in duty. Shak. It does not me a whit displease. Cowley.