Hight

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪt
• IPA: /haɪt/
• Homophones: height

From Middle English hight (alternative past participle of hoten, "to be named, be called"), from Old English hēht (preterite of hātan, "to be named, be called"), from *hehait-, reduplicate preterite base of Proto-Germanic *haitaną ("to call, command, summon"), from Proto-Indo-European *key(w)-, *kyew- ("to set in motion"). Cognate with Low German heten, German heißen, Danish hedde, Dutch heten, and Swedish heta, Latin cieō ("I call, I set in motion").

Full definition of hight

Verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To call, name.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To be called or named.

Adjective

1. (archaic) Called, named.

See height

Noun

1. Obsolete form of height

Anagrams

• thigh

Alternative forms

• highte