- a child
- an immature or childish girl
Origin of chit
Middle English chitte, probably variant, variety of kitte, for kittenOrigin of chit
Middle English chitte, probably variant, variety of kitte, for kittenOrigin of chit
from chitty from Hindi chi??hi, letter, note from Sanskrit chitra, spot: see chintz
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Origin of chit
Obsolete chitty from Hindi ci&tlowdot;&tlowdot;hī note, letter probably from Sanskrit ci&slowdot;&tlowdot;a- message akin to Avestan cīš- to assign, referArchaic
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Origin of chit
Middle English young animal
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(plural chits)
(third-person singular simple present chits, present participle chitting, simple past and past participle chitted)
From Middle English chitte (“a young animal, cub, whelp”), from Old English *ċietten, from Proto-Germanic *kittīną (“young animal, fawn, kid”). Cognate with Scots chit (“chit”), Low German kitte (“young animal”), German Kitz (“fawn, kid”). See also kid.
(plural chits)
From chitty from Hindi चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī, “letter, note”) or चिट्टी (ciṭṭī, “letter, chit, written message”), possibly from Sanskrit चित्ति (citti, “thoughts”).
Euphemistic variation of shit
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