schite

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English sċitte, *sċite, from Proto-West Germanic *skittjā, *skiti, from Proto-Germanic *skitiz.

Forms with /iː/ are influenced by schiten; for a similar phenomenon, compare chyne (“crack”).

Alternative forms

• schit, schute, schyt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃit(ə)/, /ˈʃeːt(ə)/, /ˈʃiːt(ə)/

Noun

schite (uncountable)

1. (vulgar, rare) diarrhoea

Related terms

• schiten
• schiterow

Descendants

• English: shit, shite
• Scots: shit

References

• “shit, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

schite

1. Alternative form of schiten