• IPA^(key):/liːt/
• Rhymes:-iːt

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• Homophone:Leith(th-stopping)

FromScotsleet,leit, of uncertain origin. Perhaps fromOld Frenchlite,litte, variant ofliste(“list”); or fromOld Norseleiti,hleyti(“a share, portion”) (compareOld Englishhlēt(“share, lot”)); or an aphaeretic shortening ofFrenchélite.

leet (pluralleets)

1. (Scotland) A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.^[1]

• long leet
• short leet

FromOld Englishlēt, past tense oflǣtan(“to let”).

leet

1. (obsolete)simplepast oflet

Originated 1400–50 from lateMiddle Englishlete(“meeting”), fromAnglo-Normanlete andMedieval Latinleta(Anglo-Latin), possibly fromOld Englishġelǣte(“crossroads”).

leet (pluralleets)

1. (British,obsolete) A regularcourt, more specifically acourt-leet, in which certainlords had jurisdiction over local disputes, or the physical area of this jurisdiction.^[1]

Jamieson mentions the alternative spellingslyth,lythe,laid, andlaith, and connects it to a verblythe(“to shelter”), as it "is frequently caught ... in deep holes among the rocks".^[2]

leet (pluralleets)

1. (UK) TheEuropeanpollock.
   • 1854, William Hughes,A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish‎^[2], Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, page27:

     The whiting pollock sometimes,par excellence is styled pollock only. On the Yorkshire coast it is called a leet, and in Scotland a lythe.

FromMiddle Englishlete, fromOld Englishġelǣt,ġelǣte, fromProto-Germanic*galētą,*lētą. More atleat.

leet (pluralleets)

1. (obsolete) A place where roads meet or cross;intersection
2. Alternative form ofleat(“watercourse”)

Anaphetic form ofelite, respelled according to leetspeak conventions.

• 1337,eleet,el337,l33t,31337, and3l33t.

leet (uncountable)

1. (Internetslang,dated)Abbreviation ofleetspeak.

leet (comparativeleeter,superlativeleetest)

1. Of or relating toleetspeak.
2. (slang) Possessing outstanding skill in a field;expert,masterful.
3. (slang) Having superior social rank over others;upper class,elite.
4. (slang)Awesome, typically to describe a feat of skill;cool,sweet.
   • 2006,Maximum PC (Autumn, page 26)

     Powered by leetness! You can have theleetest hardware imaginable in your gaming rig, but it won't matter if you run it with a cheap power supply.

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• “leet”, inDictionary.com Unabridged,Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "leet" in theWebster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, MICRA, 1996, 1998.

• Teel,Tele,teel,tele,tele-

leet

1. nominativeplural oflee

• tele,tele-

leet

1. inflection ofleeden:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personpluralpresentindicative
   3. second-personsingular/pluralimperative

leet

1. inflection ofleeën:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personpluralpresentindicative
   3. second-personpluralimperative

FromOld Dutchlēth, fromProto-West Germanic*laiþ.

lêet

1. loathsome,abhorrent

• leit(Limburgish)

• Dutch:leed

FromOld Dutch*lēth, fromProto-Germanic*laiþą.

lêet n

1. damage,harm
2. suffering,sadness
3. sickness

This noun needs aninflection-table template.

• leit(Limburgish)

• Dutch:leed
• Limburgish:leidj

• “leet (II)”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• “leet (III)”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “leet (I)”, inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “leet (II)”, inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN, page II

Inherited fromOld Frisianlēta, fromProto-West Germanic*lātan.

leet

1. (Föhr-Amrum) tolet

• lätje(Mooring)
• let(Sylt)

FromProto-Germanic*lataz.

leet (comparativeleeter,superlativeleest)

1. (Sylt)late

• leed(Föhr-Amrum)
• lääs(Mooring)

leet

1. simplepast andpastparticiple oflee

• lea

leet n

1. definitesingular ofle

• elte,etle,lete,tele

leet

1. sorry,regretful,rueful

FromOld Frisianlet, fromProto-West Germanic*lat. More atlate.

leet

1. late

• lääst
• leeter

CompareOld Englishhlēt(“share,lot”).

leet (pluralleets)

1. alist

FromMiddle Englishlete, fromOld Englishġelēte.

• IPA^(key):/liːt/^[1]

leet

1. leadingroad^[2]
   • 1867,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page78:

     Vour-wingleet.

     Four crossroads.

2. A man-made canal between sea and lake.^[1]

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