yite

/ ˈjəɪtɪ; jəɪt /

noun

1. Scot words for yellowhammer Also calledyellow-yite

Word History and Origins

Origin of yite¹

C19: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

I point up and look at Carmine, and he throws his head back and shouts, “Yite!”

From Literature

“Yite,” he says softly as the city recedes into the distance.

From Literature

"I skated yite down on mine nose."

From Project Gutenberg

“Me do dit ’ackburries yite now,” reiterated Ralph.

From Project Gutenberg

“Of pain—of excruciating pain: it would wring the heart of a stone to hear him, and, though there is never a spot of blood nor a sign of violence, he declares that some one comes in the night and sticks something into his neck—something which, in his baby way, he likens to ‘a long, long needle that goes yite froo my neck and sets uvver needles prickin’ and prickin’ all down my arm.’”

From Project Gutenberg