lit
/ˈlɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)
verb
simple past and past participle of light (“alight: land, come down on”)
adj
Example Sentences
- "[…] but finally [the bird] came to the tree and, after edging along falteringly, lit on a branch above them."
- "With that the kid lits off down the street, and, what do you know!"
- "He walked down the lit corridor."
- "True to my word last night, I got very lit."
- "This party is gonna be lit."
- "DJ sets so lit the dance floor's dripping with sweat?"
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- American usage
- Slang
- Obsolete
- Uncountable
- British usage
- Transitive verb
Inflected Forms
lits (present, singular)
litting (participle, present)
litted (participle, past)
litted (past)
more lit (comparative)
most lit (superlative)
litter (comparative)
littest (superlative)