Lit Definition
(slang) Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned.
(obsolete) Little.
(obsolete) Little.
Abbreviation of literature.
Simple past tense and past participle of light.
Origin of Lit
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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”).
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From Middle English lit, lut, from Old English lȳt (“little, few”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz (“little, small”), from Proto-Indo-European *leud- (“to cower, hunch over”). Cognate with Old Saxon lut (“little”), Middle High German lützen (“to make small or low, decrease”). More at little.
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From Middle English lihte, from Old English līhtte, first and third person singular preterit of līhtan (“to light”). More at light.
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From Middle English litten, liten, from Old Norse lita (“to colour”), from litr (“colour”). See above.
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Short for literature.
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