D. Lit.

American  

abbreviation

1. Doctor of Literature.

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Example Sentences

But a “bookstore” can also mean a “pop-up” business like Loc’d & Lit, which has a mission to bring “the joy of reading to the Bronx,” the New York City borough that had been viewed by the industry as a “desert” for its scarcity of bookstores.

From Seattle Times

“I was beside a fellow who had got his arms bandaged up—I’d simply got my right arm bandaged. He was trying to light his pipe but couldn’t get on very well so I offered to fill and light it for him. But when I’d lit it I suddenly realized he had nowhere to put it, as he’d had his lower jaw blown away. So I smoked the pipe and he smelt the tobacco, that was all the poor chap could have.”

From Literature

The two checked into the Meatpacking District’s Soho House late one December night after the candles he’d lit accidentally set her apartment on fire.

From New York Times

He’d lit a smudge and a candle so that his face was clear in the handful of light and obscured by the handfuls of smoke.

From Literature

“Good gracious, it’s getting dark already! I didn’t notice that they’d lit the lamps! You’d better go and change into your robes, all of you. McLaggen, you must drop by and borrow that book on nogtails. Harry, Blaise — any time you’re passing. Same goes for you, miss,” he twinkled at Ginny.

From Literature