noun An archaic or literary word for a living being, especially a person.
- In the old ballad, the poor wight wandered the countryside alone.
- The storyteller described him as a cheerful wight who never complained.
- The old poem speaks of "a wight so bold and true.
- He called Worsel, and, upon being informed that the recorders were ready, he started in. Characteristically, he began with Prellin of Bronseca, and memorized the data covering that wight as he transmitted it.
— Edward Elmer Smith, Gray Lensman (1939)
noun In fantasy fiction and folklore, an undead or supernatural creature.
- In the game, a pale wight guards the entrance to the frozen tomb.
- Old folk tales warn travelers about a wight that haunts the burial mounds.
- The heroes were ambushed by wights rising from the old battlefield.
