Lits

[lit] /lɪt/

noun
1.
.
[lit] /lɪt/
noun, Informal.
1.
literature:
a college course in English lit.
/lɪt/
verb
1.
a past tense and past participle of light1
2.
an alternative past tense and past participle of light2
adj.

from past participle of light (v.2). Slang meaning “drunk” is recorded from 1914.
n.

“color, hue, dye,” early 12c., from Old Norse litr “color,” from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz (cf. Old English wlite “brightness, beauty,” Old Frisian wlite “exterior, form,” Gothic *wlits “face, form”).

colloquial shortening of literature, attested by 1850.

noun

Literature: comp lit/ black lit (1850+)

adjective

Drunk (1917+)
literature (academic course)
1.
leukocyte immunization therapy
2.
Little Rock National Airport/Adams Field

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Litten
[lit-n] /ˈlɪt n/ adjective, Archaic. 1. 1 .

Litterae-humaniores
[lit-uh-ree hyoo-man-ee-awr-eez, -ohr-eez] /ˈlɪt əˌri hyuˌmæn iˈɔr iz, -ˈoʊr iz/ plural noun 1. the humanities as a field of study.
Litterateur
[lit-er-uh-tur; French lee-tey-ra-tœr] /ˌlɪt ər əˈtɜr; French li teɪ raˈtœr/ noun, plural littérateurs [lit-er-uh-turz; French lee-tey-ra-tœr] /ˌlɪt ər əˈtɜrz; French li teɪ raˈtœr/ (Show IPA) 1. a literary person, especially a writer of literary works. /ˌlɪtərəˈtɜː; French literatœr/ noun 1. an author, esp a professional writer n. “a literary man,” 1806, from French littérateur, from […]