Etymology 1
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”).
Verb
lit
- simple past and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)
- simple past and past participle of light (“alight: land, come down on”)
1896, Florence Merriam Bailey, A-birding on a Bronco, page 87:[…] but finally [the bird] came to the tree and, after edging along falteringly, lit on a branch above them.
Verb
lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)
- (US, dialectal) To run or light (alight).
1988 April 8, Grant Pick, “Johnny Washington's Life”, in Chicago Reader:With that the kid lits off down the street, and, what do you know!
Adjective
lit (comparative more lit, superlative most lit)
- Illuminated.
- Synonyms: lighted, luminous; see also Thesaurus:illuminated, Thesaurus:shining
He walked down the lit corridor.
- (slang) Drunk, intoxicated; under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
- Synonyms: stoned; see also Thesaurus:stoned, Thesaurus:drunk
- 1932, Hart Crane, letter, 16 February:
- True to my word last night, I got very lit.
- (slang, usually of a female) Sexually aroused, (especially) visibly so.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:randy
- (slang) Exciting, captivating; fun.
2017 November, Justin Allec, Adrian Lysenko, Kirsti Salmi, “Sounds of the City: Part VI”, in The Walleye, page 8:DJ sets so lit the dance floor's dripping with sweat?
2018 July 4, James Courtney, “Music Picks”, in San Antonio Current, page 39:If indie punk, pop-punk, post-punk, and emo happen to be your bag, this early-week show at Paper Tiger is gonna be lit.
2018 December 27, Shan Kekahuna, “Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!”, in MauiTime, page 17:New Year's Eve is once a year and it's gonna be lit.
This party is gonna be lit.
- (slang) Excellent, fantastic; cool.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent
- 2019, "Top 10 Plastic Surgeons in Manhattan", Art Bodega Magazine, December/January 2019:
- At his Upper East Side office, the talented doctor has a very lit and elegant office, where art canvasses the walls.
2019 October, Alice Ridley, “Letter from the Editor”, in Connect Magazine, page 4:The fourth article is all about autumnal leaf photography tips to get our Instagram photos looking lit.
Those jeans are lit.
Translations
Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned
slang: excellent, cool
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Etymology 3
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”).
Etymology
From the verb líta (‘to view’).
Noun
lit n (genitive singular lits, uncountable)
- short wink, view, look
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
lit oblique singular, m (oblique plural liz or litz, nominative singular liz or litz, nominative plural lit)
- bed
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Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from New Latin lithium.
Noun
lit m inan
- lithium (soft, silvery metal, the simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3)
- (informal, organic chemistry) lithium carbonate (lithium salt of carbonic acid, Li2CO3, used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, and medically, in the treatment of bipolar disorder)
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Further reading
- lit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- lit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- lit in PWN's encyclopedia
Noun
lit (nominative plural lits)
- light
1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: V:Binols lit vola. Zif, kel topon löpo su bel, no kanon binön klänedik.- You are light for the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden.
- illumination
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declension of lit
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only