Dight (verb)
dahyt
Adorn. Prepare for use.
From Old English (450–1150) dihtan, meaning “to compose or arrange.” Now considered archaic. Possibly from the Proto-Germanic dīkaną, meaning “to create,” which may be influenced by the Latin dictāre, meaning “to dictate or order.”
Example sentences
“With the desert heat they would adight themselves in cotton clothing designed for staying cool.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)