Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - whit

n. a particle; a least possible amount (not a whit better). Phrases and idioms every whit the whole; wholly. no (or never a or not a) whit not at all. Etymology: earlier w(h)yt app. alt. f. WIGHT in phr. no wight etc. WHIT adj. connected with, belonging to, or following Whit Sunday (Whit Monday; Whit weekend). Phrases and idioms Whit Sunday the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Acts 2). Etymology: OE Hwita Sunnand{aelig}g, lit. white Sunday, prob. f. the white robes of the newly-baptized at Pentecost