lit
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English lihte, from Old English līhtte, first and third person singular preterit of līhtan (“to light”). More at light.
Verb
lit
- simple past and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)
- simple past and past participle of light (“alight: land, come down on”)
- 1896, Florence Merriam Bailey, A-birding on a Bronco, page 87:
- […] but finally [the bird] came to the tree and, after edging along falteringly, lit on a branch above them.
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- (US, dialectal) To run or light (alight).
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Adjective
lit (comparative more lit, superlative most lit)
- Illuminated.
- He walked down the lit corridor.
- (slang) intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned.
- (slang) Sexually aroused (usually of a female), especially visibly sexually aroused.
- (slang) Exciting, captivating; fun.
- 2017, Justin Allec, Adrian Lysenko, & Kirsti Salmi, "Sounds of the City: Part VI", The Walleye, November 2017, page 8:
- DJ sets so lit the dance floor's dripping with sweat?
- 2018, James Courtney, "Music Picks", San Antonio Current, 4 July 2018, page 39:
- If indie punk, pop-punk, post-punk, and emo happen to be your bag, this early-week show at Paper Tiger is gonna be lit.
- 2018, Shan Kekahuna, "Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!", MauiTime, 27 December 2018, page 17:
- New Year's Eve is once a year and it's gonna be lit.
- This party is gonna be lit.
- 2017, Justin Allec, Adrian Lysenko, & Kirsti Salmi, "Sounds of the City: Part VI", The Walleye, November 2017, page 8:
- (slang) Excellent, fantastic; cool.
- 2017, "Out with the old, in with the new", Dundrum Gazette, 8 June 2017, page 18:
- […] will keep your feet looking lit this summer thanks to the Trainer Exchange.
- 2019, "Top 10 Plastic Surgeons in Manhattan", Art Bodega Magazine, December/January 2019:
- At his Upper East Side office, the talented doctor has a very lit and elegant office, where art canvasses the walls.
- 2019, Alice Ridley, "Letter from the Editor", Connect Magazine, October 2019, page 4:
- The fourth article is all about autumnal leaf photography tips to get our Instagram photos looking lit.
- Those jeans are lit.
- 2017, "Out with the old, in with the new", Dundrum Gazette, 8 June 2017, page 18:
Synonyms
- (illuminated): lighted, luminous; see also Thesaurus:illuminated or Thesaurus:shining
- (intoxicated): See Thesaurus:stoned or Thesaurus:drunk
- (sexually aroused): See Thesaurus:randy
- (excellent): See Thesaurus:excellent
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English lit, lut, from Old English lȳt (“little, few”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz (“little, small”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“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)
Noun
lit (uncountable)
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)
Derived terms
Etymology 4
From Middle English litten, liten, from Old Norse lita (“to colour”), from litr (“colour”). See above.
Verb
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- (transitive) To colour; dye.
Etymology 5
Short for literature.
Noun
lit (uncountable)
- Clipping of literature.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Faroese
Etymology
From the verb líta (‘to view’)
Pronunciation
Noun
lit n (genitive singular lits, uncountable)
Declension
Declension of lit (singular only) | ||
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n3s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | lit | litið |
accusative | lit | litið |
dative | liti | litinum |
genitive | lits | litsins |
Synonyms
- eygnabrá (wink)
Derived terms
- andlit (face)
- álit (trust)
- eftirlit (control)
- fyrilit (caution)
- innlit (insight)
- útlit (outlook)
- yvirlit (overview, summary)
French
Etymology
From Old French lit, from Latin lectus.
Pronunciation
Noun
lit m (plural lits)
- bed
- Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. ― Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
Derived terms
Verb
lit
- third-person singular present indicative of lire
- Jean lit très souvent. ― Jean reads very often.
Further reading
- “lit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Icelandic
Noun
Lashi
Noun
lit
References
Middle English
Noun
lit (plural *lits)
- Alternative form of light
References
- “light (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.
Norman
Noun
lit m (plural lits)
- Alternative form of llit (“bed”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
lit f (definite singular lita, uncountable)
lit m (definite singular liten, uncountable)
- trust
- Eg set min lit til Gud.
- I put my trust in God.
Etymology 2
Verb
lit
- (deprecated template usage) present tense of lita
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of lita
References
- “lit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
lit oblique singular, m (oblique plural liz or litz, nominative singular liz or litz, nominative plural lit)
Descendants
- French: lit
Old Norse
Noun
lit n
Related terms
- líta (“to see”)
References
- J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on lit.
Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
Chemical element | |
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Li | |
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Next: beryl (Be) |
lit m inan
- lithium
- (informal) lithium carbonate, a drug used in the treatment of bipolar disorder
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
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- litas (currency of Lithuania)
Declension
Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
lit f
Swedish
Noun
lit c
Declension
Declension of lit | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | lit | liten | — | — |
Genitive | lits | litens | — | — |
Synonyms
See also
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from German Licht and English light.
Noun
lit (nominative plural lits)
Declension
Westrobothnian
Verb
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- Lit meg; ji val int ångerköft
- Follow my advice, you will not regret the purchase.
- Lit meg; ji val int ångerköft
Derived terms
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Verb
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- Hä lit på tulumodä
- It tries the patience.
- Hä lit på tulumodä
Zay
Noun
lit
- tree-bark
References
- Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind
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