English Explanatory Dictionary

summat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. Something.
adv
  1. Something (“to a degree”); somewhat.

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌmət/ /ˈsʊmət/ /ˈzʌmət/ /ˈzʊmət/

Word forms

summat summit sommat sommit sumat summet zumat zummat zummet zummut summut zum'ot summot sumet

Etymology

Dialectal variant of somewhat attested from the 18th century. Joseph Wright suggested that it might be a contraction of "some that" in A Grammar of the Dialect of Windhill (page 78).

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