different between nit vs nitty

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?t/
• Rhymes: -?t
• Homophone: knit

Etymology 1

From Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnits (compare Dutch neet, German Nisse, Norwegian nit), from Proto-Indo-European *?(o)nid- (compare Scottish Gaelic sneadh, Lithuanian glìnda, Polish gnida, Albanian thëri, Ancient Greek ????? (konís))

Noun

nit (plural nits)

1. The egg of a louse.
2. A young louse.
3. (Britain, Ireland, slang) A head louse regardless of its age.
4. (Britain, slang) A fool, a nitwit.
5. A nitpicker.
6. A minor shortcoming.

Synonyms

• dickies (Geordie)

Derived terms

• nit-picking

Translations

Verb

nit (third-person singular simple present nits, present participle nitting, simple past and past participle nitted)

1. (MLE) To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty.

Etymology 2

From Latin nit?re (“to shine”).

Noun

nit (plural nits)

2. A candela per square meter.

Etymology 3

Noun

nit (plural nits)

1. Synonym of nat (logarithmic unit of information)

Etymology 4

Noun

nit (plural nits)

1. (poker) A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style.

Related terms

• nitty

Anagrams

• INT, ITN, TIN, i'n't, in't, int, int., tin

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan nuit, from Old Occitan (compare Occitan nuèit), from Latin noctem, accusative of nox (compare French nuit, Portuguese noite, Spanish noche, Italian notte), from Proto-Indo-European *nók?ts (compare English night).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?nit/
• Rhymes: -it

Noun

nit f (plural nits)

1. night

   Antonym: dia

Derived terms

Related terms

• anit
• mitjanit

Further reading

• “nit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nit” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “nit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Central Mahuatlán Zapoteco

Noun

nit

1. water

References

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech nit, from Proto-Slavic *nit?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???t] (informally pronunced /???c/)
• Hyphenation: nit
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

nit f

1. thread

Declension

Derived terms

• nitka f

Further reading

• nit in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• nit in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gnit, from Proto-Germanic *hnits.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??t/
• Rhymes: -??t
• Homophone: nyt

Noun

nit f (genitive singular nitar, no plural)

1. nit (egg of a louse)

Declension

Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nit?.

Noun

nit f

1. thread

Declension

Descendants

• Czech: nit

Further reading

• “nit”, in Vokabulá? webový: webové hnízdo pramen? k poznání historické ?eštiny [online]?^[1], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk ?eský AV ?R, 2006–2020

Ozolotepec Zapotec

Noun

nit

1. water

References

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Polish

Etymology

From German Niet, from Middle High German nieten, from Old High German hniotan, from Proto-West Germanic *hneudan, from Proto-Germanic *hneudan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?it/

Noun

nit m inan

1. rivet (mechanical fastener)

Declension

Further reading

• nit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From German Niet.

Noun

nit n (plural nituri)

1. rivet

San Baltazar Loxicha Zapotec

Noun

nit

1. water

References

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nit?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nî?t/

Noun

n?t f (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. thread
2. flow, continuity

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nit?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nít/

Noun

n?t f

1. thread

Inflection

Swedish

Etymology

From German Niet.

Noun

nit c

1. a rivet, a stud
2. the action of braking (a motor vehicle) very hard
3. a lottery ticket which gave no reward
4. zeal

Declension

Synonyms

• (braking): tvärnit
• (lottery ticket): nitlott

See also

• nita
• gå på en nit
• tvärnit

Anagrams

• int, tin

Volapük

Noun

nit (nominative plural nits)

1. staple
2. staple for office stapler

Declension

Wolof

Noun

nit (definite form nit ki)

1. person

Zipser German

Alternative forms

• nëch (Slovakia)

Adverb

nit

1. (Romania, including Wassertal) not

References

• Claus Stephani, Zipser Mära und Kasska (1989)
• Anton-Joseph Ilk, Zipser Volksgut aus dem Wassertal (1990)

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): (modern) /?n?ti?/, (older) /?n?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?ti/, /-?i/
• Rhymes: -?ti
• Hyphenation: nit?ty

Etymology 1

From nit +? -y. The “foolish, inane” adjective sense is from nit (“fool, nitwit”), possibly under the influence of nutty (“crazy, mad”).

The origin of the noun sense (“dope fiend, druggie”) is unknown, but could refer to a person who is under the influence of drugs to the extent that he or she is careless about personal hygiene and unkempt. Compare the verb nit (“to be a nitty”).

Adjective

nitty (comparative nittier or more nitty, superlative nittiest or most nitty)

1. (archaic, also figuratively) Full of nits.

   Synonym: lousy
2. (chiefly Britain, slang) Foolish, inane.

   Synonyms: dumb, idiotic

Alternative forms

• nittie (obsolete)

Translations

Noun

nitty (plural nitties)

1. (African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) A dope fiend, a druggie.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:addict

Translations

Etymology 2

Probably from nitty(-gritty).

Adjective

nitty (comparative nittier or more nitty, superlative nittiest or most nitty)

1. (Excessively) detailed or specific; fastidious, fussy, nit-picky.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fastidious
2. (poker slang) Of a poker player: playing in an overly cautious and reactive manner.

Translations

Etymology 3

A clipping of nitid (“bright, lustrous, shining”), or directly derived from Latin nitidus (“glittering, shining”), from nite? (“to glitter, shine; to look beautiful or bright”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ney- (“to shine”)) + idus (“suffix meaning ‘tending to’”).

Adjective

nitty (comparative more nitty, superlative most nitty)

1. (obsolete, rare) Shining; elegant, spruce.

Translations

References

Further reading

• nitty (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tinty