lit en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈlɪt/
- (US) audio
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.
Meanings
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Illuminated.
He walked down the lit corridor.
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(slang) Drunk, intoxicated; under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
True to my word last night, I got very lit.
1932, Hart Crane, letter, 16 February
- (of a female, slang, usually) Sexually aroused, (especially) visibly so.
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(slang) Exciting, captivating; fun.
DJ sets so lit the dance floor's dripping with sweat?
2017 November, Justin Allec, Adrian Lysenko, Kirsti Salmi, “Sounds of the City: Part VI”, in The Walleye, page 8:This party is gonna be lit.
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 July 4, James Courtney, “Music Picks”, in San Antonio Current, page 39:New Year's Eve is once a year and it's gonna be lit.
2018 December 27, Shan Kekahuna, “Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!”, in MauiTime, page 17:
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(slang) Excellent, fantastic; cool.
[…] will keep your feet looking lit this summer thanks to the Trainer Exchange.
2017 June 8, “Out with the old, in with the new”, in Dundrum Gazette, page 18:At his Upper East Side office, the talented doctor has a very lit and elegant office, where art canvasses the walls.
2019, "Top 10 Plastic Surgeons in Manhattan", Art Bodega Magazine, December/January 2019Those jeans are lit.
The fourth article is all about autumnal leaf photography tips to get our Instagram photos looking lit.
2019 October, Alice Ridley, “Letter from the Editor”, in Connect Magazine, page 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most lit | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more lit | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
ill-lit · unlit · firelit · sunlit · half lit · snowlit · matchlit · starlit · litty · lamplit · strip-lit · well-lit · gas-lit · skylit · lit up · oil-lit · moonlit · candlelit · dim-lit · illlit · underlit · fairy-lit · earthlit · toplit · backlit · gaslit · headlit · moon-lit · torchlit
Synonyms (first 500 of 528)
blown · temulentive · alight · parlatic · sick · desirous · dead drunk · befuddled · bedrunken · aglow · juiced up · aroused · shitty · liquored up · Brahms and Liszt · stunning · lit · lautitious · shedded · beatific · half seas over · squiffed · tubular · fershnickered · blazed · prurient · zoned · munted · oiled · off one's box · a sheet in the wind · beamful · profulgent · badass · tight · lubricated · luminous · fuzzy-minded · steamboats · heavenlike · twatfaced · scuttered · mad with it · blind drunk · phenomenal · inebriated · dope · fireball · toasted · lathered · polluted · top-shelf · four sheets in the wind · schnockered · wicked · peak · reefed · elevated · bang-up · lewd · sodden · high as a Georgia pine · refulgent · geeked · cut · mortalled · on the ran tan · in the bag · exquisite · resplendent · worse for wear · aled up · topping · zooted · screwed · ruttish · tippled · dank · impeccable · skunked · luminous · pukka · sprung · exemplary · slizzard · radiant · stoned · frosted · spanceled · hog-whimpering · cocked · soaken · blewed · ploughed · drunk as a piper · high · off one's head · in liquor · rolling · amazing · corny · adrip · budgy · worse for liquor · blasted · fuzzy-headed · tilted · sotted · concupiscent · kick-ass · crocked · zotzed · drunk · bitching · oiled up · bungfu · splashed · snookered · toey · ravenous · souped-up · zorched · sterling · out of one's box · lubed up · loopy · lifted · cushty · shicker · unchaste · wet · lit · hooched up · top-heavy with drink · studly · Brahms · disguised · glowing · spongy · sweet · schloshed · overtaken · spannered · flustered · luciferous · tipsy · chemically impaired · illuminating · delightful · cup-shotten · cock on · smashed · brilliant · choice · stoated · swacked · wastey · sozzled · in heat · ripe · celestial · scammered · first-rate · glorious · slarmied · out of one's box · luminant · awesome · boozy · drunked up · pixilated · Oliver Twist · sexed up · arseholed · top-hole · blitzed · pog · primed · stellar · tired and emotional · superior · commendable · medicated · snozzled · messed up · slammed · ace · half lit · fresh · pie-eyed · burlin' · ratfaced · stonkered · fou · bibulous · plowed · elephant's · fuckered up · thirsty · sauced up · looped · broyal · inebriate · spaced-out · potshot · splendid · whacked · loaded · copacetic · gassed · ossified · gassed · fuckish · hot and bothered · remarkable · zooted · lighty · tuff · trolleyed · off one's tits · rad · hammered · sensational · puggled · groggified · obfuscated · sheeny · pickled · marvelous · pounded · extraordinary · lighted · rutty · drugged-out · poggers · cup-shot · top-of-the-range · drunken · sottish · gagging for it · soshed · floored · impure · lit · hot to trot · high as a kite · obliviated · ebriose · killer · glorious · amorous · wazzed · high as a kite · stinking · shiny · chopped · lash · kaylied · wrecked · Adrian Quist · bosky · sauced · mashed · half polluted · fuckfaced · outstanding · lustful · brilliant · all mops and brooms · cut · hosed · whittled · divine · shining · juiced · wicked pissah · fluted · up there · bang on · flush · radical · woozy · fabulous · langers · chronic · lubed · insobrietous · soused · lit · spectacular · stinko · based · tight as a tick · high · kettled · beamy · mortal · spiffing · fluthered · drugged · flustered · langered · legless · flooey · effulgent · beneship · strut · hooted · gattered · baked · zonked · cunted · muzzy · excellent · wasted · hoovered · lambent · alight · inebrious · sloshed · spot on · heavenly · wanton · DTF · swell · gnarly · fuddled · incredible · hepped up · wazzocked · three sheets to the wind · raddled · blocked · plastered · frabjous · peng · tuned · super · quality · honkers · venereal · def · in one's altitudes · jaked · top-notch · admirable · turned on · slick · bevvied · fire · sozzly · have the sun in one's eyes · full · out of one's face · top · worldie · maggoted · bingoed · snockered · spiffed · quisby · out of it · bottled · inter pocula · groggy · sewed up · bungalowed · kicking · exceptional · lucent · blind · superb · overcome · phat · magnificent · tight · ripped · canned · beamsome · loose · gished · goated · paralytic · finger-lickin' good · ablaze · have drink taken · slap-up · wobbly · lighted · luminiferous · lascivious · bibacious · larruped · blottoed · beliquored · blissful · kisky · a sheet in the wind's eye · frisky · three sheets in the wind · lucific · lash · nang · rubbered · lit up · fried · fab · bladdered · potted · tanked · Mozart and Liszt · ebriated · fantastic · maudlin · overrefreshed · fantabulosa · luminous · bomb · in the drink · terrific · zorched · libidinous · lushed · chur · besotted · blootered · feeling no pain · drippy · great · lickerish · stoned · monged · cockeyed · trashed · well-done · bollocksed · hopped up · blue · newted · toping · nappy · MWI · maggot · mabok · withered · buckish · top-drawer · flushed · snuffy · immaculate · faced · twisted · in one's cups · toey as a Roman sandal · lusty · gee-eyed · crackerjack · corned · jarred · Oliver · epic · fierce · venereous · out of sight · hot · impaired · stewed · fap · well-oiled · mullered · rum · elephant's trunk · fried · nimptopsical · clobbered · bombed · ginned · orient · off one's box · lustrous · hazed · lamped · crapulous · lashed · awe-inspiring · razzled · lighted · temulent · insober · liquory · fuckered up · priceless · cool · cher · toasted · shellacked · horny · sloppy drunk · gesuip · half cut
Translations (40)
es aluzado (Lighted) · ru освещённый (Lighted) · vi bốc (slang: excellent, cool) · es pasado (Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned) · nl lit (slang: excellent, cool) · es viajado (Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned) · da tændt (Lighted) · pl fajny (slang: excellent, cool) · es encendido (Lighted) · es volado (Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned) · pt aceso (Lighted) · scn stunatu (Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned) · de angezündet (Lighted) · pt iluminado (Lighted) · scn ntrunatu (Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned) · fr allumé (Lighted) · es pedo (Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned) · nl gaaf (slang: excellent, cool) · mk о́светлен (Lighted) · vi cháy (slang: excellent, cool) · es alumbrado (Lighted) · nl vet (slang: excellent, cool) · it acceso (Lighted) · nl stoned (Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned) · es drogado (Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned) · fi päihtynyt (Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned) · de beleuchtet (Lighted) · ro blană (slang: excellent, cool) · de geil (slang: excellent, cool) · ro beton (slang: excellent, cool) · nl verlicht (Lighted) · mk на́дуван (Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned) · es puesto (Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned) · mk на́пушен (Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned) · scn aḍḍumatu (Lighted) · fi valaistu (Lighted) · cs osvětlený (Lighted) · es iluminado (Lighted) · fi tyylikäs (slang: excellent, cool) · eo lumigita (Lighted)