lit
Colour; blee; dye; stainColour; blee; dye; stain.
Meaning
2 senses(UK, dialectal, uncountable)Colour; blee; dye; stain.
(obsolete, uncountable)Little.
- the humanistic study of a body of literature
Origin
From Middle English lit, lut, from Old English lȳt (“little, few”), from Proto-Germanic *lFrom 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.
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”), Old English wlite (“brightness, appearance, form, aspect, look, countenance, beauty, splendor, adornment”), Old English wlītan (“to gaze, look, observe”).
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- the humanistic study of a body of literature:literature
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable