English Explanatory Dictionary

lit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)
  2. simple past and past participle of light (“alight: land, come down on”)
verb
  1. To run or light (alight).
adj
  1. Illuminated.
  2. Drunk, intoxicated; under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  3. Sexually aroused, (especially) visibly so.
  4. Exciting, captivating; fun.
  5. Excellent, fantastic; cool.
adj
  1. Little.
noun
  1. Little.
noun
  1. Colour; blee; dye; stain.
verb
  1. To colour; dye.
noun
  1. Clipping of literature.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of literature.
name
  1. A village in Östersund municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɪt/ en-us-lit.ogg

Word forms

lit lits litting litted more lit most lit litter littest

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.

Synonyms

lighted luminous alight illuminated inlighted lighty lit lit up aglow beamful beamsome beamy brilliant effulgent glowing illuminating lambent lucent luciferous lucific luminant luminiferous lustrous orient profulgent radiant refulgent resplendent sheeny shining shiny stoned baked blazed blitzed blown chemically impaired chopped cut drugged drugged-out fuckered up fried gassed geeked high high as a kite hepped up hopped up monged munted trolleyed toasted lifted off one's box out of one's box reefed spaced-out up there wasted

Related words

lite wagon-lit

Derived words

backlit candlelit dim-lit earthlit fairy-lit firelit gaslit gas-lit half lit headlit illlit ill-lit lamplit litty lit up matchlit moonlit moon-lit oil-lit skylit snowlit starlit strip-lit sunlit toplit torchlit underlit unlit well-lit lithouse lit-house litmus alt-lit chick lit comput lit cyberlit dick lit frat lit grip-lit kidlit lab lit lad lit ladlit litblog lit crit litfan litfic lit flick litRPG lit-verse litzine misery lit mis lit poplit quit lit sick lit Treklit vid lit
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