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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|inwit|inwit|mind, reason, intellect, understanding; soul, spirit; feeling; the collection of inner faculties; one of five inner faculties; one of the outer bodily senses.; inward awareness of right or wrong, conscience|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}} *{{term||inwitt|lang=ang}}, {{term|ingewitnes|inġewitnes|consciousness, conscience, knowledge, knowing|lang=ang}}, equivalent to {{prefix|in|wit}}.
From {{inh|en|enm|inwit|t=mind, reason, intellect, understanding; soul, spirit; feeling; the collection of inner faculties; one of five inner faculties; one of the outer bodily senses.; inward awareness of right or wrong, conscience}}, from {{inh|en|ang|*inwitt}}, {{m|ang|inġewitnes||consciousness, conscience, knowledge, knowing}}, equivalent to {{prefix|en|in|wit}}. Compare {{cog|sco|inwit}}, {{cog|stq|Gewieten}}, {{cog|fy|gewisse}}, {{cog|nl|geweten}}, {{cog|nds-de|Geweten}}, {{cog|de|Gewissen}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ˈɪnwɪt/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɪnwɪt/}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun|?}}
{{en-noun|-}}


# Inward [[knowledge]] or [[understanding]].
# {{lb|en|archaic}} Inward [[knowledge]] or [[understanding]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1990|author=w:Midori Snyder|publisher=Tom Doherty Associates|location=New York|title=Sadar's Keep|passage="Will it make you happy?" / "Probably not," Kai said irritably. "'''Inwit''' tells me that you're trouble from the beginning."}}
# [[conscience|Conscience]]; inward sense of morality.
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[conscience|Conscience]]; inward sense of morality.
#: ''Speaking to me. They wash and tub and scrub. [[agenbite|Agenbite]] of '''inwit'''. Conscience.'' — James Joyce, ''Ulysses'', 1922
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1920|author=w:James Joyce|title=[[w:Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]|passage=Speaking to me. They wash and tub and scrub. [[agenbite|Agenbite]] of '''inwit'''. Conscience.}}
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#: '''''Inwit''', a term for conscience, suggests the inner senses and interior sensibility, which accords nicely with the current state of the senses under the regime of electric technologies.'' — Marshall McLuhan, ''The Agenbite of Outwit'', 1998
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1960|author=w:Marcia Davenport|title=Constant Image|passage="I knew that was so. Every time that '''inwit''' twanged ─ I have conscience like you, reverend sir!"}}
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<!-- Mention, not use (arguably). (WT:Attest) #* '''Inwit''', a term for conscience, suggests the inner senses and interior sensibility, which accords nicely with the current state of the senses under the regime of electric technologies. &mdash; Marshall McLuhan, ''The Agenbite of Outwit'', 1998 -->
<!--Reference to previous quote rather than original usage. (WT:Attest) #* "What's the matter? Can't a ballplayer - an ex-ballplayer - have a literate vocabulary?" / "Sure. But 'qualm?' " / "How about 'the aginbite of '''inwit'''' then?" &mdash; Paul Di Filippo, ''Seeing is believing'', Fantasy & Science Fiction: Apr 2003:. Vol. 104, Iss. 4; pg. 131-->


====Related====
====Derived terms====
* [[angel's inwit]] &mdash; heavenly knowledge
* {{l|en|angel's inwit}}


==Middle English==
[[et:inwit]]

[[nl:inwit]]
===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|ynwitt|inwitt|inwytt|ynwytt|inwyt|inwytte|ine-wyt}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|enm|ang|*inwitt}}; equivalent to {{af|enm|in-|witt}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/ˈinwit/|/ənˈwit/}}

===Noun===
{{enm-noun|-}}

# [[reasoning]], [[mental]] [[acuity]], [[brainpower]].
# [[attitude]], [[impression]], [[essence]]
# A mental [[process]] or [[power]]
# [[morality]], [[moral]] [[code]]; [[judgement]]
# {{lb|enm|rare}} [[plan]], [[intent]], [[purpose]].

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|inwit}} {{q|archaic}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=inwit |pos=n |id=MED23249 |accessdate=2018-05-02}}

{{topics|enm|Mind}}

==Old High German==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*inwidją||malice, wickedness}}. Cognate with {{cog|osx|inwid||fraud}}, {{cog|ang|inwid}}, {{cog|non|ívið||deceit, evil}} (attested in compound {{m|non|íviðgjarn}}). Further root-related to {{m+|non|íviðja||malicious female being(?)}}. {{rfe|goh}}.

===Noun===
{{head|goh|noun|g=n}}

# {{l|en|deceit}}, {{l|en|cunning}}, {{l|en|craftiness}}

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Etymology

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From Middle English inwit (“mind, reason, intellect, understanding; soul, spirit; feeling; the collection of inner faculties; one of five inner faculties; one of the outer bodily senses.; inward awareness of right or wrong, conscience”), from Old English *inwitt, inġewitnes (“consciousness, conscience, knowledge, knowing”), equivalent to in- +‎ wit. Compare Scots inwit, Saterland Frisian Gewieten, West Frisian gewisse, Dutch geweten, German Low German Geweten, German Gewissen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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inwit (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Inward knowledge or understanding.
    • 1990, Midori Snyder, Sadar's Keep, New York: Tom Doherty Associates:
      "Will it make you happy?" / "Probably not," Kai said irritably. "Inwit tells me that you're trouble from the beginning."
  2. (obsolete) Conscience; inward sense of morality.
    • 1920, James Joyce, Ulysses:
      Speaking to me. They wash and tub and scrub. Agenbite of inwit. Conscience.
    • 1960, Marcia Davenport, Constant Image:
      "I knew that was so. Every time that inwit twanged ─ I have conscience like you, reverend sir!"

Derived terms

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English *inwitt; equivalent to in- +‎ witt.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈinwit/, /ənˈwit/

Noun

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inwit (uncountable)

  1. reasoning, mental acuity, brainpower.
  2. attitude, impression, essence
  3. A mental process or power
  4. morality, moral code; judgement
  5. (rare) plan, intent, purpose.

Descendants

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  • English: inwit (archaic)

References

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Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *inwidją (“malice, wickedness”). Cognate with Old Saxon inwid (“fraud”), Old English inwid, Old Norse ívið (“deceit, evil”) (attested in compound íviðgjarn). Further root-related to Old Norse íviðja (“malicious female being(?)”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

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inwit n

  1. deceit, cunning, craftiness
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