lit

adj

Etymology: From Middle English lit, lut, from Old English lȳt (“little, few”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz (“little, small”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to cower, hunch over”). Cognate with Old Saxon lut (“little”), Middle High German lützen (“to make small or low, decrease”). More at little.

1. Little.

name

1. A village in Östersund municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden.

noun

Etymology: Short for literature.

1. Clipping of literature.

   “Do we have any lit homework tonight?”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English litten, liten, from Old Norse lita (“to colour”), from litr (“colour”). See above.

1. To colour; dye.