whit

[hwit, wit] /ʰwɪt, wɪt/

noun

a particle; bit; jot (used especially in negative phrases):

not a whit better.

Origin

1470-80; perhaps alteration of Middle English wiht wight¹

Can be confused

whit, wit.

Examples from the web for whit

But it turned out that my intended audience didn't care a whit.
Unfortunately, there's not another whit of info about it, not even a link to who actually made it.
For them, it does not matter a whit whether or not someone covers her face or any other part.
Unfortunately, they seem to have been replaced by a new set of smiling faces fronting brains that are not a whit wiser.
Whether coffee lowers the risks for those things or not matters not a whit to me.
But to tell the truth, my argument about this overly rigid distinction doesn't matter to the job-seeker one whit.
Seeing if he had them, he should not be the better wrapped or covered from cold, neither in his apparel any whit the comelier.
And it takes away not one whit of the awe and sheer amazement such an event engenders.
What you realize is that the actual truth matters not a whit.
whit ten gave her opinion, and there was no objection from defense.

British Dictionary definitions for whit

/wɪt/

noun

(usually used with a negative) the smallest particle; iota; jot: he has changed not a whit

Word Origin

C15: probably variant of wight1

Whit

/wɪt/

noun

adjective

of or relating to Whitsuntide

Word Origin and History for whit

"smallest particle," 12c., in na whit "no amount," from Old English nan wiht, from wiht "amount," originally "person, human being" (see wight).