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guilt

/ˈɡɪlt/GILT
/ˈɡɪlt/GILT

Meaningan offence, a crime

Common meaning: the fact of having done wrong

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishgylt‘a crime’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishgiltsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa crime → the fact of having done wrongguilt‘the fact of having done wrong’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English gylt ‘an offence, a crime’.

Source words

  • gylt Old English · source word “an offence, a crime”

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