English

Noun

shite ‎(plural shites)

1. (Britain, Ireland, vulgar) ****, trash, rubbish.
2. (Britain, Ireland, pejorative) A foolish or deceitful person.

   He's a useless shite.

Derived terms

• talk shite

Adjective

shite ‎(comparative more shite, superlative most shite)

1. (Britain, Ireland, vulgar) Bad, awful, ****.

   The film was shite.

Interjection

shite

1. (Britain, Ireland, vulgar) An expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration.

   Shite, I left my wallet at home.

Etymology 2

From Middle English schiten, from Old English scītan ‎(“to defecate, ****”), from Proto-Germanic *skītaną ‎(“to defecate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sḱeyd-, *skeyt- ‎(“to vomit, retch, ****”, literally “to shed”). Cognate with Dutch schijten ‎(“to ****”), German scheissen ‎(“to ****”), Swedish skita ‎(“to ****”), Irish sceith, sgeith ‎(“act of spewing, vomiting, shedding”), Albanian shqit ‎(“to tear, separate”).

Verb

shite ‎(third-person singular simple present shites, present participle shiting, simple past and past participle shited or shat)

1. (Britain, vulgar, chiefly Scotland, Ireland) To defecate.
   • 2004, Robert Morgan, Brave enemies (page 38)

     ...it still softened my heart to see a man hurt so badly he sobbed and shited on himself.

   • 2007, Talonie Starr, Growth Manifesto (page 173)

     He would probably have a head full of locks. Who has time to be pretty when people are hurting? Crying. Shiting on themselves trying to beat heroin.

Anagrams

• heist
• seith

Japanese

Romanization

shite

1. rōmaji reading of して