Litとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Alteration of earlier light, from 中期英語 lighte, from 古期英語 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.

動詞

lit

1. simple past and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)
2. 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.

動詞

lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)

1. (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!

形容詞

lit (comparative more lit, superlative most lit)

1. Illuminated.

   Synonyms: lighted, luminous; see also Thesaurus:illuminated, Thesaurus:shining

   He walked down the lit corridor.

2. (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.

3. (slang, usually of a female) Sexually aroused, (especially) visibly so.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:randy

4. (slang) Exciting, captivating; fun.

   This party is gonna be lit.

   • 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.

5. (slang) Excellent, fantastic; cool.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent

   Those jeans are lit.

   • 2017 June 8, “Out with the old, in with the new”, in Dundrum Gazette, page 18:

     […] will keep your feet looking lit this summer thanks to the Trainer Exchange.

   • 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.

派生語

語源 2

From 中期英語 lit, lut, from 古期英語 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.

形容詞

lit (comparative litter or more lit, superlative littest or most lit)

1. (obsolete) Little.

名詞

lit (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Little.

関連する語

• lite

語源 3

From 中期英語 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”), 古期英語 wlite (“brightness, appearance, form, aspect, look, countenance, beauty, splendor, adornment”), 古期英語 wlītan (“to gaze, look, observe”).

名詞

lit (uncountable)

1. (UK dialectal) Colour; blee; dye; stain.

派生語

• lithouse, lit-house
• litmus

語源 4

From 中期英語 litten, liten, from Old Norse lita (“to colour”), from litr (“colour”). See above.

動詞

lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)

1. (transitive) To colour; dye.

語源 5

Short for literature.

名詞

lit (uncountable)

1. Clipping of literature.

   Do we have any lit homework tonight?

派生語

参照

参考

• wagon-lit (etymologically unrelated)

アナグラム

• 'til, TIL, TLI, til