lit
1a simple past tense and past participle of light1.
Slang. under the influence of liquor or narcotics; intoxicated (usually followed by up).
Origin of lit
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a simple past tense and past participle of light3.
Other definitions for lit (3 of 6)
literature: a college course in English lit.
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liter; liters.
literal.
literally.
literary.
literature.
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(in Italy) lira; lire.
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How to use lit in a sentence
You're rich enough to travel for pleasure in wagon-lits, and have silver-fitted bags.
The Motor Maid | Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris WilliamsonBrock was icy-cold with apprehension as they walked down the line of wagon-lits in the wake of the bag-bearers.
The Husbands of Edith | George Barr McCutcheonWhen she travelled it was in the wagons-lits of trains-de-luxes, and in specially reserved cabins of steamers.
The Island Mystery | George A. BirminghamInspiration came in the interval between wiring for rooms and engaging berths on the Wagon-Lits—I knew it would.
The Sixth Sense | Stephen McKennaThe journey was very comfortable—there is nothing like those French "lits-salons."
Letters of a Diplomat's Wife | Mary King Waddington
British Dictionary definitions for lit (1 of 2)
/ (lɪt) /
British Dictionary definitions for lit. (2 of 2)
literal(ly)
literary
literature
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