lit
verbverbadjectiveadjectivenounnounverbnouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈlɪt//
To run or light (alight).
verb
- 1
Also a form of lightsimple past and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)
- 2
Also a form of lightsimple past and past participle of light (“alight: land, come down on”)
[…] but finally [the bird] came to the tree and, after edging along falteringly, lit on a branch above them.
Etymology
Alteration of earlier light, from Middle English lighte, from Old English līhtte, first and third person singular preterite of līhtan (“to light”), by analogy with bit. More at light; compare fit (“fought”). This form was proscribed during the 18th and 19th centuries, with lighted being preferred, but is now the most common past form of light.
verb
- 1
To run or light (alight).
With that the kid lits off down the street, and, what do you know!
adjective
- 1
Illuminated.
He walked down the lit corridor.
- 2
slangDrunk, intoxicated; under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
True to my word last night, I got very lit.
- 3
slangSexually aroused, (especially) visibly so.
- 4
slangExciting, captivating; fun.
This party is gonna be lit.
DJ sets so lit the dance floor's dripping with sweat?
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.
New Year's Eve is once a year and it's gonna be lit.
- 5
slangExcellent, fantastic; cool.
Those jeans are lit.
[…] will keep your feet looking lit this summer thanks to the Trainer Exchange.
At his Upper East Side office, the talented doctor has a very lit and elegant office, where art canvasses the walls.
The fourth article is all about autumnal leaf photography tips to get our Instagram photos looking lit.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteLittle.
Etymology
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.
noun
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obsoleteLittle.
noun
- 1
Colour; blee; dye; stain.
Etymology
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”).
verb
- 1
To colour; dye.
Etymology
From Middle English litten, liten, from Old Norse lita (“to colour”), from litr (“colour”). See above.
noun
- 1
Variant of literatureClipping of literature.
Do we have any lit homework tonight?
Etymology
Short for literature.
Forms
- comparative
- more lit, litter
- superlative
- most lit, littest
- past tense
- litted
- past participle
- litted
- present participle
- litting
- third person singular
- lits