inwit

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) inwit, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English *(deprecated template usage) inwitt, (deprecated template usage) inġewitnes, equivalent to Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "in" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E..

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/ˈɪnwɪt/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) inwit

  1. Inward knowledge or understanding.
  2. Conscience; inward sense of morality.
    • Speaking to me. They wash and tub and scrub. Agenbite of inwit. Conscience. — James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922
    • 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
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