English

Noun

Lit ‎(uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of literature.

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

• half lit

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

• lite

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

• lithouse
• litmus

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

• chick lit
• lit crit
• litfan
• misery lit

Anagrams

• til, 'til

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

Synonyms

• eygnabrá (wink)

Derived terms

• andlit (face)
• álit (trust)
• eftirlit (control)
• fyrilit (caution)
• innlit (insight)
• útlit (outlook)
• yvirlit (overview, summary)

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

• lit de justice
• lit de sangle

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

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

• tillit

See also

• lita

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