Whit (?), n. [OE. wight, wiht, AS. wiht a creature, a thing. See Wight, and cf. Aught, Naught.] The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; — generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence. “Samuel told him every whit.” 1 Sam. iii. 18. “Every whit as great.” South.
So shall I no whit be behind in duty. Shak.
It does not me a whit displease. Cowley.