Wet Definition
To cover or impregnate with liquid.
- Entirely mistaken.
- Inexperienced; green.
- To take a drink.
- wrong; mistaken
- young and inexperienced; immature
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Wet
Origin of Wet
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From Middle English wett (“wet, moistened"), past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet"), from Old English wÇ£tan (“to wet, moisten, water"), from Proto-Germanic *wÄ“tanÄ… (“to water, wet"), from Proto-Indo-European *wed-, *wod- (“wet"), *wódrÌ¥ (“water"). Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet"), Icelandic væta (“to wet"). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet"), from Old English wÇ£t (“wet, moist, rainy"), from Proto-Germanic *wÄ“taz (“wet, moist"), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet"), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet"), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet"), West Frisian wiet (“wet"), Swedish vÃ¥t (“wet"), Norwegian vÃ¥t (“wet"), Danish vÃ¥d (“wet"), Faroese vátur (“wet"), Icelandic votur (“wet"). More at water.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English wǣt wed-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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