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iwis

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
7
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ɪˈwɪs/
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/ɪˈwɪs/ · /ˈiːwiz/

Definition of iwis

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (archaic, not-comparable, poetic)Certainly, surely, indeed.
    “Iwis, in all the Senate There was no heart so bold[…].”
    “God vanished long ago, iwis, A mere subjective synthesis”
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adv

  1. (archaic, not-comparable, poetic)Certainly, surely, indeed.
    “Iwis, in all the Senate There was no heart so bold[…].”
    “God vanished long ago, iwis, A mere subjective synthesis”

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of iwi

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Etymology

From Middle English iwis, iwys, ywis (“certain, sure”), from Old English ġewiss (“certain, sure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gawiss, from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz (“known, certain, sure”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Dutch gewis (“sure”), German gewiss (“certain”), Danish vis (“sure”). More at wit, wis.

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