different between lit vs floodlit

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English lihte, from Old English l?htte, first and third person singular preterit of l?htan (“to light”). More at light.

Verb

lit

1. simple past tense and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)
2. simple past tense and past participle of light (“alight: land, come down on”)

Verb

lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)

1. (US, dialectal) To run or light (alight).

Adjective

lit (comparative more lit, superlative most lit)

1. Illuminated.

   Synonyms: lighted, luminous; see also Thesaurus:illuminated, Thesaurus:shining

2. (slang) Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs.

   Synonyms: stoned; see also Thesaurus:stoned, Thesaurus:drunk

3. (slang) Sexually aroused (usually of a female), especially visibly sexually aroused.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:randy

4. (slang) Exciting, captivating; fun.
   • 2017, Justin Allec, Adrian Lysenko, & Kirsti Salmi, "Sounds of the City: Part VI", The Walleye, November 2017, page 8:

     DJ sets so lit the dance floor's dripping with sweat?

   • 2018, James Courtney, "Music Picks", San Antonio Current, 4 July 2018, page 39:

     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, Shan Kekahuna, "Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!", MauiTime, 27 December 2018, page 17:

     New Year's Eve is once a year and it's gonna be lit.

5. (slang) Excellent, fantastic; cool.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent

   • 2017, "Out with the old, in with the new", Dundrum Gazette, 8 June 2017, page 18:

     […] will keep your feet looking lit this summer thanks to the Trainer Exchange.

   • 2019, "Top 10 Plastic Surgeons in Manhattan", Art Bodega Magazine, December/January 2019:

     At his Upper East Side office, the talented doctor has a very lit and elegant office, where art canvasses the walls.

   • 2019, Alice Ridley, "Letter from the Editor", Connect Magazine, October 2019, page 4:

     The fourth article is all about autumnal leaf photography tips to get our Instagram photos looking lit.

Derived terms

• half lit
• illlit

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English lit, lut, from Old English l?t (“little, few”), from Proto-Germanic *l?tilaz (“little, small”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to cower, hunch over”). Cognate with Old Saxon lut (“little”), Middle High German lützen (“to make small or low, decrease”). More at little.

Adjective

lit (comparative litter or more lit, superlative littest or most lit)

1. (obsolete) Little.

Noun

lit (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Little.

Related terms

• lite

Etymology 3

From Middle English lit, from Old Norse litr (“colour, dye, complexion, face, countenance”), from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlitaz (“sight, face”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Icelandic litur (“colour”), Old English wlite (“brightness, appearance, form, aspect, look, countenance, beauty, splendor, adornment”), Old English wl?tan (“to gaze, look, observe”).

Noun

lit (uncountable)

1. (Britain dialectal) Colour; blee; dye; stain.

Derived terms

• lithouse
• litmus

Etymology 4

From Middle English litten, liten, from Old Norse lita (“to colour”), from litr (“colour”). See above.

Verb

lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)

1. (transitive) To colour; dye.

Etymology 5

Short for literature.

Noun

lit (uncountable)

1. Clipping of literature.

Derived terms

• chick lit
• lit crit
• litfan
• misery lit
• quit lit

Anagrams

• 'til, TIL, TLI, til

Faroese

Etymology

From the verb líta (‘to view’)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [li?t]

Noun

lit n (genitive singular lits, uncountable)

1. short wink, view, look

Declension

Synonyms

• eygnabrá (wink)

Derived terms

• andlit (face)
• álit (trust)
• eftirlit (control)
• fyrilit (caution)
• innlit (insight)
• útlit (outlook)
• yvirlit (overview, summary)

French

Etymology

From Old French lit, from Latin lectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li/
• Homophone: lits

Noun

lit m (plural lits)

1. bed

Derived terms

Verb

lit

1. third-person singular present indicative of lire

Further reading

• “lit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Icelandic

Noun

lit

1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of litur

Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lit/

Noun

lit

1. air

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?^[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Middle English

Noun

lit

1. Alternative form of light

Norman

Noun

lit m (plural lits)

1. Alternative form of llit (“bed”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?t/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlít

Noun

lit f or m (definite singular)

1. trust

Etymology 2

Verb

lit

1. present tense of lite
2. imperative of lite

Etymology 3

lìt m (definite singular lìten, indefinite plural lìter or lìtir, definite plural lìterne or lìtine)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by let

References

• “lit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ilt, til

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lit/

Noun

lit m (oblique plural liz or litz, nominative singular liz or litz, nominative plural lit)

1. bed

Descendants

• French: lit

Old Norse

Noun

lit n

1. vision
2. sight
3. vision

Related terms

• líta (“to see”)

References

• J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on lit.

Anagrams

• til

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?it/

Etymology 1

Noun

lit m inan

1. lithium
2. (informal) lithium carbonate, a drug used in the treatment of bipolar disorder

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

lit m anim

1. litas (currency of Lithuania)

Declension

Further reading

• lit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

lit f

1. genitive singular of lite

Sumbawa

Noun

lit

1. sea

Swedish

Noun

lit c

1. trust

Declension

Synonyms

• tillit

See also

• lita

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Licht and English light.

Noun

lit (nominative plural lits)

1. light
2. illumination

Declension

Westrobothnian

Verb

lit (preterite litä or littä, supine litt or litti)

1. (transitive) trust, obey, follow someone’s advice

   Lit meg; ji val int ångerköft

   Follow my advice, you will not regret the purchase.

Derived terms

• litsam
• olitsam

Verb

lit (preterite litä)

1. (intransitive) be expensive, heavy; strain

   Hä lit på tulumodä

   It tries the patience.

Zay

Noun

lit

1. tree-bark

References

• Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind

English

Adjective

floodlit (not comparable)

1. Lit by floodlights.
   • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Two, Chapter 9, [1]

     It was night, and the white faces and the scarlet banners were luridly floodlit.

Translations

Verb

floodlit

1. simple past tense and past participle of floodlight