litとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English lihte, from 古期英語 līhtte, first and third person singular preterit of līhtan (“to light”). More at light.

動詞

lit

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

lit (三人称単数 現在形 lits, 現在分詞 litting, 過去形および過去分詞形 litted)

1. (US, dialectal) To run or light (alight).
   • 1988, April 8, “Grant Pick”, in Johnny Washington's Life‎^[1]:

     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.

   He walked down the lit corridor.

2. (slang) intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned.
3. (slang) Sexually aroused (usually of a female), especially visibly sexually aroused.
4. (slang) Exciting, captivating; fun.
   • 2017, Justin Allec, Adrian Lysenko, & Kirsti Salmi, "Sounds of the City: Part VI", The Walleye, November 2017, page 8:

     DJ sets so lit the dance floor's dripping with sweat?

   • 2018, James Courtney, "Music Picks", San Antonio Current, 4 July 2018, 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, Shan Kekahuna, "Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!", MauiTime, 27 December 2018, page 17:

     New Year's Eve is once a year and it's gonna be lit.

   This party is gonna be lit.

5. (slang) Excellent, fantastic; cool.
   • 2017, "Out with the old, in with the new", Dundrum Gazette, 8 June 2017, 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, Alice Ridley, "Letter from the Editor", Connect Magazine, October 2019, page 4:

     The fourth article is all about autumnal leaf photography tips to get our Instagram photos looking lit.

   Those jeans are lit.

同意語

• (illuminated): lighted, luminous; see also Thesaurus:illuminated or Thesaurus:shining
• (intoxicated): See Thesaurus:stoned or Thesaurus:drunk
• (sexually aroused): See Thesaurus:randy
• (excellent): See Thesaurus:excellent

派生語

• half lit
• illlit

語源 2

From Middle English 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 または low, decrease”). More at little.

形容詞

lit (comparative litter または more lit, superlative littest または most lit)

1. (obsolete) Little.

名詞

lit (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Little.

関連する語

• lite

語源 3

From Middle English 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. (Britain dialectal) Colour; blee; dye; stain.

派生語

• lithouse
• litmus

語源 4

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

動詞

lit (三人称単数 現在形 lits, 現在分詞 litting, 過去形および過去分詞形 litted)

1. (transitive) To colour; dye.

語源 5

Short for literature.

名詞

lit (uncountable)

1. Clipping of literature.

派生語

• chick lit
• lit crit
• litfan
• misery lit
• quit lit

アナグラム

• 'til, TIL, TLI, til

名詞

lit.

1. Abbreviation of liter.
   Abbreviation of liters.
2. Abbreviation of literature.

形容詞

lit.

1. Abbreviation of literal.

副詞

lit.

1. Abbreviation of literally.

アナグラム

• 'til, TIL, TLI, til