Lit Definition

lĭt

adjective

Drunk or drugged. Often used with up.

American Heritage

The definition of lit is a slang term for drunk or intoxicated.

An example of lit is to tell a story about a friend who had too many drinks the night before and say “He was lit.”

YourDictionary

(obsolete) Little.

Wiktionary

Illuminated.

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(slang) Sexually aroused (usually a female), especially visibly sexually aroused (e.g., labial swelling is present)

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unlighted

noun

Literature, especially as an academic subject.

Enjoyed my course in French lit.

American Heritage

Literature.

Webster's New World

(obsolete) Little.

Wiktionary

(UK dialectal) Colour; blee; dye; stain.

Wiktionary

Lit is defined as a common abbreviation for literature.

An example of lit is taking a college course called English Lit.

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literature

abbreviation

Liter(s)

Webster's New World

Literal.

American Heritage

Literally.

Webster's New World

Literary.

Webster's New World

Literature.

Webster's New World

verb

Light.

Webster's New World

Light.

Webster's New World

Lit means to have brightened something with light or flames.

An example of lit is to have started a fire.

An example of lit is to have turned on a lamp.

YourDictionary

Simple past tense and past participle of light.

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(US, dialectal) To run, or light.

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Origin of Lit

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”).

From Wiktionary
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.

From Wiktionary
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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