lit

noun

: literature

a course in English lit

—often used before another noun

lit critics

lit studies

As might be expected, Jude is not your run-of-the-mill lit professor.

—John J. O'Connor

Examples of lit in a Sentence

I signed up to take a course in American lit.

Word History

Etymology

by shortening

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing lit

• lit crit
• lit up
• wagon-lit

Rhymes for lit

• bit
• brit
• britt
• chit
• fit
• flit
• grit
• hit
• it
• kitt
• knit
• mitt

Kids Definition

lit

past and past participle of light