lit
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3 language code forLithuanian . Alteration of earlierlight Middle English lighte Old English līhtte līhtan ( “ to light ” ) ) by analogy withbit light fit ( “ fought ” ) .
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simplepast andpast participle oflight ( “ illuminate; start a fire; etc ” ) simplepast andpast participle oflight ( “ alight: land, come down on ” ) 1896 A-birding on a Bronco , page87 :[ …] lit on a branch above them.
lit (third-person singular simple present lits present participle litting simple past and past participle litted
( US , dialectal ) run orlight (alight ).1988 April 8, Grant Pick, “Johnny Washington's Life”, inChicago Reader [1] With that the kidlits off down the street, and, what do you know!
lit (comparative morelit ,superlative mostlit )
Illuminated Synonyms: lighted luminous see also Thesaurus:illuminated ,Thesaurus:shining He walked down thelit corridor.
( slang ) Drunk intoxicated ;under the influence ofdrugs oralcohol .Synonyms: stoned see also Thesaurus:stoned ,Thesaurus:drunk 1932 ,Hart Crane , letter, 16 February:True to my word last night, I got verylit . ( slang , usually of a female) Sexually aroused ,( especially ) visibly so.Synonyms: see Thesaurus:randy ( slang ) Exciting captivating ;fun .2017 Sounds of the City: Part VI ”, inThe Walleye , page 8:DJ sets solit the dance floor's dripping with sweat?
2018 July 4, James Courtney, “Music Picks ”, inSan Antonio Current , page39 :If indie punk, pop-punk, post-punk, and emo happen to be your bag, this early-week show at Paper Tiger is gonna belit .
2018 December 27, Shan Kekahuna, “Hau'oli Makahiki Hou! ”, inMauiTime , page17 :New Year's Eve is once a year and it's gonna belit .
This party is gonna belit .
( slang ) Excellent fantastic ;cool .Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent 2019 , "Top 10 Plastic Surgeons in Manhattan",Art Bodega Magazine ,December/January 2019 :At his Upper East Side office, the talented doctor has a verylit and elegant office, where art canvasses the walls. 2019 Letter from the Editor ”, inConnect Magazine , page 4:The fourth article is all about autumnal leaf photography tips to get our Instagram photos lookinglit .
Those jeans arelit .
Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned
slang: excellent, cool
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FromMiddle English lit lut Old English lȳt ( “ little, few ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *lūtilaz ( “ little, small ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *lewd- ( “ to cower, hunch over ” ) . Cognate withOld Saxon lut ( “ little ” ) ,Middle High German lützen ( “ to make small or low, decrease ” ) . More atlittle
lit (comparative litter or morelit ,superlative littest or mostlit )
( obsolete ) Little .lit (uncountable
( obsolete ) Little .FromMiddle English lit Old Norse litr ( “ colour, dye, complexion, face, countenance ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *wlitiz *wlitaz ( “ sight, face ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *wel- ( “ to see ” ) . Cognate withIcelandic litur ( “ colour ” ) ,Old English wlite ( “ brightness, appearance, form, aspect, look, countenance, beauty, splendor, adornment ” ) ,Old English wlītan ( “ to gaze, look, observe ” ) .
lit (uncountable
( UK dialectal ) Colour ;blee ;dye ;stain .FromMiddle English litten liten Old Norse lita ( “ to colour ” ) , fromlitr ( “ colour ” ) . See above.
lit (third-person singular simple present lits present participle litting simple past and past participle litted
( transitive ) colour ;dye .Short forliterature
lit (uncountable
Clipping ofliterature .Do we have anylit homework tonight?
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masculine singular passive participle oflít From the verblíta
lit n genitive singular lits ,uncountable )
shortwink ,view ,look Inherited fromOld French lit Latin lectus
lit m plural lits
bed Synonym: ( colloquial ) plumard Où est-il? Il dort dans sonlit . ―Where is he? He's sleeping in hisbed. See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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third-person singular present indicative oflire Jeanlit très souvent. ―Jean reads very often. lit
indefinite accusative / dative singular oflitur lit
Alternative form oflight lit m plural lits
Alternative form ofllit ( “ bed ” ) FromOld Norse hlít
lit f or m definite singular )
trust Eg set minlit til Gud. I put mytrust in God. lit
present tense oflite imperative oflite lìt m definite singular lìten indefinite plural lìter or lìtir definite plural lìterne or lìtine
( pre-1917 ) alternative form oflet “lit” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .FromLatin lectus
lit oblique singular , m oblique plural liz or litz nominative singular liz or litz nominative plural lit
bed (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
lit n
glance líta ( “ to see ” ) litr ( “ complexion, colour; the first dawn; dye ” ) Learned borrowing fromNew Latin lithium
lit m inan
lithium ( soft, silvery metal, the simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 ) ( informal , organic chemistry ) lithium carbonate ( lithium salt of carbonic acid, Li2CO3, used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, and medically, in the treatment of bipolar disorder ) Borrowed fromLithuanian litas
lit m animal
( historical ) litas ( former unit of currency of Lithuania ) lit inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANlit in Polish dictionaries at PWNlit in PWN's encyclopedialit f
genitive singular oflite lit
sea lit c
trust Borrowed fromGerman Licht English light
lit (nominative plural lits
light 1952 Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: V :Binolslit vola. Zif, kel topon löpo su bel, no kanon binön klänedik. You arelight for the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden. illumination 1 status as a case is disputed2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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tree-bark Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte WedekindCognate withBouyei ridt ( “ hail ” ) .
lit (1957–1982 spelling lit
( dialectal , weather) hail Synonyms: lwgbag ( dialectal ) haet ( dialectal ) byagcaej 
