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Webster 1913 Edition


Lit

Lit

(lĭt)
,
1.
a form of the
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Light
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lit

LIT

, pret. of light. The bird lit on a tree before me.
I lit my pipe with the paper.
[This word, though used by some good writers, is very inelegant.]

Definition 2024


Lit

Lit

See also: lit, lít, līt, lit., &lit, -lit, and Lit.

English

Noun

Lit (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of literature.

lit

lit

See also: Lit, lít, līt, lit., &lit, -lit, and Lit.

English

Verb

lit

  1. simple past tense and past participle of light
  2. (US, dialectal) To run or light (alight).
    • 1988, April 8, “Grant Pick”, in Johnny Washington's Life:
      With that the kid lits off down the street, and, what do you know!

Adjective

lit (comparative more lit, superlative most lit)

  1. Illuminated.
    He walked down the lit corridor.
  2. (slang) intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned.
  3. (slang) Sexually aroused (usually of a female), especially visibly sexually aroused.
  4. (slang) Excellent, fantastic; captivating.
    We ordered pizza and we're going to stay up all night. It's going to be lit.
Translations
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English lit, lut, from Old English lȳt (little, few), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz (little, small), from Proto-Indo-European *leud- (to cower, hunch over). Cognate with Old Saxon lut (little), Middle High German lützen (to make small or low, decrease). More at little.

Adjective

lit (comparative litter or more lit, superlative littest or most lit)

  1. (obsolete) Little.

Noun

lit (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Little.
Related terms

Etymology 3

From Middle English lit, from Old Norse litr (colour, dye, complexion, face, countenance), from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlitaz (sight, face), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to see). Cognate with Icelandic litur (colour), Old English wlite (brightness, appearance, form, aspect, look, countenance, beauty, splendor, adornment), Old English wlītan (to gaze, look, observe).

Noun

lit (uncountable)

  1. (Britain dialectal) Colour; blee; dye; stain.
Derived terms

Etymology 4

From Middle English litten, liten, from Old Norse lita (to colour), from litr (colour). See above.

Verb

lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)

  1. (transitive) To colour; dye.

Etymology 5

Short for literature.

Noun

lit (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of literature.
Derived terms

Anagrams


Faroese

Etymology

From the verb líta (‘to view’)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [liːt]

Noun

lit n (genitive singular lits, uncountable)

  1. short wink, view, look

Declension

n3s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative lit litið
Accusative lit litið
Dative liti litinum
Genitive lits litsins

Synonyms

  • eygnabrá (wink)

Derived terms


French

Etymology

From Latin lectus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li/

Noun

lit m (plural lits)

  1. bed
    Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit.
    Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.

Derived terms

Verb

lit

  1. third-person singular present indicative of lire
    Jean lit très souvent. - Jean reads very often.

Icelandic

Noun

lit

  1. indefinite accusative singular of litur
  2. indefinite dative singular of litur

Lojban

Rafsi

lit

  1. rafsi of clite.

Norman

Noun

lit m (plural lits)

  1. Alternative form of llit (bed)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lit

  1. present tense of lita and lite
  2. imperative of lita and lite

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lectus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lit/

Noun

lit m (oblique plural liz or litz, nominative singular liz or litz, nominative plural lit)

  1. bed

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lit/

Noun

Chemical element
Li Previous: hel (He)
Next: beryl (Be)

lit m inan

  1. lithium
  2. (informal) lithium carbonate, a drug used in the treatment of bipolar disorder

Declension

Noun

lit m anim

  1. litas (currency of Lithuania)

Declension


Scottish Gaelic

Noun

lit f

  1. genitive singular of lite

Swedish

Noun

lit c

  1. trust

Declension

Synonyms

See also


Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from German Licht and English light.

Noun

lit (plural lits)

  1. light
  2. illumination

Declension


Zay

Noun

lit

  1. tree-bark

References

  • Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind