An archaic or dialectal term for an armpit or the hollow under the arm.
From Old English, a contraction or regional variant of 'armpit,' though its exact etymology is debated; possibly related to Germanic roots for 'arm' and 'pit.'
Words like 'armit' show how regional dialects preserve older English—some British and Scandinavian dialects still use variations of this word that haven't changed in centuries!
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