cit

or chit

[chit]

noun Hinduism.

pure consciousness.

Compare Sat-cit-ananda.

Origin of cit

From Sanskrit

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Historical Examples of cits

That dog knew as much as some Cits and he acted just like them about the glorious day.
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
George Washington Plunkitt
Could they once get home on the Perthshire cits, he had little fear of the result.
Montrose
Mowbray Morris
But they were mistaken in their politics, for the cits soon got them.
Caricature and Other Comic Art
James Parton.
"I reckon it'll be all right," he chuckled, as he began to shed his "cits" clothing.
On Guard
Upton Sinclair
The Democratic convention will be held just before the 'Cits' hold theirs.
The Lash
Olin L. Lyman

British Dictionary definitions for cits

CIT

abbreviation for (in New Zealand)

Central Institute of Technology

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Word Origin and History for cits

cit

colloquial shortening of citizen, 1640s; contrasted to a countryman or a gentleman, usually with some measure of opprobrium (Johnson defines it as "A pert low townsman; a pragmatical trader").