different between legit vs elegit

English

Etymology

Clipping of legitimate.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /l??d??t/

Noun

legit (plural legits)

1. (theater, slang) A legitimate; a legitimate actor. [from 19th c.]
2. (slang) A legitimate child. [from 20th c.]

Adjective

legit (comparative more legit, superlative most legit)

1. (informal) Legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules; valid. [from 20th c.]
2. (by extension, of a thing or person) Genuine, actual, literal or honest.
3. (slang) Genuinely good and possessing all the required or expected qualities; the real deal.

4. (slang) Cool by virtue of being genuine.

Translations

Adverb

legit (comparative more legit, superlative most legit)

1. (informal) Legitimately; within the law. [from 20th c.]
2. (slang) Honestly; truly; seriously.

Anagrams

• gilet

Latin

Verb

l?git

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of l?g?

Verb

legit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of leg?

Old Norse

Participle

legit

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of leginn

Verb

legit

1. supine of liggja

English

Etymology

From Latin ?l?git (“he has chosen”).

Noun

elegit (plural elegits)

1. (archaic) A judicial writ ordering seizure of a debtor's property.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?.l???it/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e.le?d??it/
• Rhymes: -it

Verb

elegit m (feminine elegida, masculine plural elegits, feminine plural elegides)

1. past participle of elegir

Latin

Verb

?l?git

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of ?lig?