Nit Definition
nĭt
noun
The egg of a louse or similar insect.
Webster's New World
A young louse, etc.
Webster's New World
A unit of luminance equal to one candela per square meter, measured perpendicular to the rays of the source.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
abbreviation
National Invitational Tournament.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Nit
Noun
Singular:
nit
Plural:
nitsOrigin of Nit
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Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnitō (cf. Dutch neet, German Nisse, Norwegian nit), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱ(o)nid- (cf. Scottish Gaelic sneadh, Lithuanian glìnda, Polish gnida, Albanian thëri, Ancient Greek κονίς (konís))
From Wiktionary
From Latin nitor brightness from nitēre to shine
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old English hnitu
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Latin nitere (“to shine")
From Wiktionary
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