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gnit

  • /nɪt/

Sounds like nit, knit · Rhymes with -ɪt

Where it comes from

From Middle English gnit, gnitte, from Old English *gnitte (“gnit; gnat”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnittā, from Proto-Germanic *gnittǭ, *gnittō (“gnat; midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-, *gʰneHd- (“to gnaw, scratch”). Cognate with Low German gnid (“gnit”), German Gnitte, Gnitze (“midge, gnat”). Compare also Danish gnid (“gnat”), Swedish gnet (“nit”), Norwegian gnit (“gnat”), Icelandic gnit, nitur (“gnat”). Related to gnat.

noun gnits

  1. A gnat.

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"gnit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gnit. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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gnit. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gnit

Chicago

"gnit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gnit.

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@misc{gnit_2026,
  title = {gnit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gnit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}