whyte

See also: Whyte

English

Adjective

whyte

  1. Obsolete form of white.
  2. (Internet slang) White (racial sense).

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

whyte

  1. alternative form of whete

Etymology 2

Adjective

whyte

  1. alternative form of whit
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter IX, in Le Morte Darthur, book XIII:
      NOw rydeth Galahalt yet withouten shelde / and so rode four dayes without ony aduenture / And at the fourth day after euensonge / he came to a whyte Abbay / and there was he receyued with grete reuerence / and ledde vnto a chambre / and there was he vnarmed / And thenne was he ware of knyghtes of the table round
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