twight
obsolete
twight is a verb meaning “To twitch; to cause to twitch; to touch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-W-I-G-H-T, and it appears about once in every 74 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does twight mean?
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo twitch; to cause to twitch; to touch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of twight
- twights present, singular, he/she/it
- twighting participle, present
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is twight?
Twight appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does twight come from?
From Middle English twight, past tense of twicchen. See twitch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).