Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. A past tense and a past participle of light1. See Usage Note at light1.
- adj. Informal. Drunk or drugged. Often used with up.
- v. A past tense and a past participle of light2.
- n. Informal Literature: enjoyed my course in French lit.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Little.
- n. Color; dye; stain.
- To color; dye.
- Preterit and past participle of light.
- Preterit and past participle of light.
- An abbreviation of literal and literally; also of literature.
- n. An abbreviation of liter.
Wiktionary
- adj. obsolete Little.
- n. obsolete Little.
- n. Colour; blee; dye; stain.
- v. transitive To colour; dye.
- n. Abbreviated form of literature.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of light.
- v. US, dialectal To run, or light
- adj. illuminated
- adj. slang intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned
- adj. slang Sexually aroused (usually a female), especially visibly sexually aroused (e.g., labial swelling is present)
GNU Webster's 1913
- a form of imp. & p. p. of light.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. set afire or burning
- adj. provided with artificial light
- n. the humanistic study of a body of literature
Etymologies
- From Middle English lihte, from Old English līhtte, first and third person singular preterit of līhtan ("to light"). More at light. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This state of quiescence, this objectless, dreamless torpor, this transition _du lit a la table, de la table au lit_, -- what more dreary and monotonous existence can you devise?”
“He sat staring at Harry from the darkness, his expression lit by the glow of the approaching fire and filled with suspicion.”
“And she tried to listen to the woman but could not concentrate because the name lit up her brain, one of those deep sheer flashes that take forty years to happen.”
“His expression lit with the fires of youthful enthusiasm.”
“I’ve always thought the phrase lit up with joy was stupid, but it’s like someone shoved a burning thousand-watt lightbulb down her throat.”
“Pitck from Pine and Fir can be lit from the sparhs of the rod.”
“Food lit is the only non-fiction genre with its own shelf (everything else is just shelved under non-fiction).”
“The road of YA lit is littered with car crashes, a signal event of just about every problem novel published in the 1970s.”
“Lit-lit is boss of this place," he announced significantly at the table the morning after the wedding.”
“The wasted terrain lit up, making a false fatal noon of the nighttime.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lit’.
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gangster
random gangster lingo and street slang with extra absurdities.
( open list, randomness )
related:
http://www....swagga, chinga, slams, blitzy, earf, manor, code name, rekkid, weight, feather, kong, swisher and 324 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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3 Letter Words
A list of English words that are three letters long.
ace, act, ade, ado, add, ads, age, ago, ail, air, aim, all and 397 more...
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Past tense in -t.
Some words are always like this. Some only when British or archaic. Some are just fun.
built, spent, bent, spilt, spoilt, ruint, thought, caught, brought, wisht, pent, spelt and 74 more...
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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suzyg's Words
brandish, recompence, shopping, dichotomy, paradigm, reverse osmosis, anyway, despite, drunk, degenerate, insipid, grateful and 438 more...
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A Dram Too Many
notanotherjazzpoet had a very promising list which appears to have petered out. Yes, tosspots: descriptions of being drunk. Walk five metres on the white line then leave your suggestions right here.
drunk, guttered, pissed, baked, three sails in th..., smashed, paralytic, out of your tree, hammered, bombed, glazed, blotto and 336 more...
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Wrapped up in books
I'm reading books. And there are words and phrases I come upon for the first time, or that are used with usages that are new to me.
So, this is just a plain list of those words. Don't expect ...hobble, mackerel, crone, cavort, hoyden, rheumy, scatter, hiss, recoil, trundle, shatter, flaxen and 200 more...
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ifjuly's list
favorite words. some are made up injokes between me and my husband or family.
skein, zaftig, july, bed, orifice, aesthete, ink, parce-que, desormais, cake, pusillanimous, pulse and 531 more...
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Dyes & Pigments
gamboge, anil, catechu, cinnabar, vermilion, ponceau, cochineal, kermes, lac, eosin, azure, indigo and 134 more...
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LittlePowshe's list
Powshe
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the hotlist
short, sweet, epic, catchy, sassy, sexy & sizzling.
( personal list, randomness )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/...zing, epic, win, fail, hot, warp, times, clip, onyx, wonky, pwn, leet and 1500 more...
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faux amis
Words which mean something different in another language.
gift, rat, handy, puff, mist, bald, bad, tripper, qualm, slip, fast, art and 57 more...
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faisal's list
induct, fed up, frustrate, prime minister, second-hand, wash away, sofa, finish up, consider, sort of, slim, lit and 18 more...
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chemical boyfriend
uppers, downers, screamers, laughers...
candyflip, doublestack, e-tard, k-hole, rolls, blotto, faced, lit, rolling, blotter, robotrip, explorers club and 22 more...
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Luggage Tags
Significant airport codes.
bwi, ord, dfw, dlh, atl, hnl, ind, jax, jfk, mci, lga, bos and 79 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for lit.
lampbane Little Rock National Airport. Oct 24, 2008
sionnach French bed. Jan 9, 2008
bilby "'Homer must have been lit to pick up a hitchhiker that late,' she told Norris."
- 'The Dark Half', Stephen King. Dec 31, 2007