wiltとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”).

動詞

wilt (三人称単数 現在形 wilts, 現在分詞 wilting, 過去形および過去分詞形 wilted)

1. (intransitive) To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf または flower).
2. (intransitive) To fatigue; to lose strength.
   • 2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.

3. (transitive) To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
4. (transitive) To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.

名詞

wilt (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 wilts)

1. The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
2. (phytopathology) Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.

語源 2

From Middle English wilt, from 古期英語 wilt, from Proto-West Germanic *wilt, second person singular preterite-present of Proto-West Germanic *willjan. Cognate with Dutch wilt (“wilt”, second-person 単数形 of willen), German willt (古風な用法 second person 単数形 indicative of wollen).

動詞

wilt

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of will
   • 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure‎^[2]:

     'Oh, my love, my love!' she murmured, 'wilt thou ever know how I have loved thee?' and she kissed him on the forehead, and then went and stood in the pathway of the flame of Life.