inwit

noun

: inward knowledge : conscience, understanding

acting from inwit

—Ezra Pound

spills his yarns with humor and delight or with an inwit of sadness

—I. L. Salomon

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from in, preposition & adverb + wit, noun

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