leet
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Scots leet, leit, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French lite, litte, variant of liste (“list”); or from Old Norse leiti, hleyti (“a share, portion”) (compare Old English hlēte (“share, lot”)); or an aphaeretic shortening of French élite.
Noun
leet (plural leets)
- (Scotland) A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.[1]
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old English lēt, past tense of lǣtan (“to let”).
Verb
leet
Etymology 3
Originated 1400–50 from late Middle English lete (“meeting”), from Anglo-Norman lete and Medieval Latin leta (Anglo-Latin), possibly from Old English ġelǣte (“crossroads”).
Noun
leet (plural leets)
- (British, obsolete) A regular court, more specifically a court-leet, in which certain lords had jurisdiction over local disputes, or the physical area of this jurisdiction.[1]
Etymology 4
Jamieson mentions the alternative spellings lyth, lythe, laid, and laith, and connects it to a verb lythe (“to shelter”), as it "is frequently caught ... in deep holes among the rocks".[2]
Noun
leet (plural leets)
- (UK) The European pollock.
- 1854, William Hughes, A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish[1], Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, page 27:
- The whiting pollock sometimes, par excellence is styled pollock only. On the Yorkshire coast it is called a leet, and in Scotland a lythe.
Etymology 5
From Middle English lete, from Old English ġelǣt, ġelǣte, from Proto-Germanic *galētą, *lētą. More at leat.
Noun
leet (plural leets)
- (obsolete) A place where roads meet or cross; intersection
- Alternative form of leat (“watercourse”)
Etymology 6
An aphetic form of elite, respelled according to leetspeak conventions.
Alternative forms
Noun
leet (uncountable)
- (Internet slang, dated) Abbreviation of leetspeak.
Adjective
leet (comparative leeter, superlative leetest)
- Of or relating to leetspeak.
- (slang) Possessing outstanding skill in a field; expert, masterful.
- (slang) Having superior social rank over others; upper class, elite.
- (slang) Awesome, typically to describe a feat of skill; cool, sweet.
- 2006, Maximum PC (Autumn, page 26)
- Powered by leetness! You can have the leetest hardware imaginable in your gaming rig, but it won't matter if you run it with a cheap power supply.
- 2006, Maximum PC (Autumn, page 26)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, Lesley. The New shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles. Clarendon Oxford 1993 isbn=0-19-861271-0
- ^ John Jamieson, Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language (link): Common name in Scotland and North Country England, that varies regionally and confuses several species. Scottish lythe, laid, laith. Pollack. "...called leets on the coast near Scarborough... the lyth, or ly-fish, is frequently caught ... in deep holes among the rocks". cf. "To LYTHE, v. a. To shelter..."
- “leet”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "leet" in the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, MICRA, 1996, 1998.
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
leet
- nominative plural of lee
Anagrams
Luxembourgish
Verb
leet
- inflection of leeden:
Verb
leet
- inflection of leeën:
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch lēth, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþ.
Adjective
lêet
Inflection
Adjective | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | ||
Nominative | Indefinite | lêet | lêde | lêet | lêde |
Definite | lêde | lêde | |||
Accusative | Indefinite | lêden | lêde | lêet | lêde |
Definite | lêde | ||||
Genitive | Indefinite | lêets | lêder | lêets | lêder |
Definite | lêets, lêden | lêets, lêden | |||
Dative | lêden | lêder | lêden | lêden |
Alternative forms
- leit (Limburgish)
Descendants
- Dutch: leed
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch *lēth, from Proto-Germanic *laiþą.
Noun
lêet n
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- leit (Limburgish)
Descendants
Further reading
- “leet (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “leet (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “leet (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “leet (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
leet
- simple past and past participle of lee
Alternative forms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
leet n
Anagrams
Plautdietsch
Adjective
leet
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian let, from Proto-West Germanic *lat. More at late.
Adjective
leet
Related terms
Scots
Etymology
Compare Old English hlēte (“share, lot”).
Noun
leet (plural leets)
- a list
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English lete, from Old English ġelǣte.
Pronunciation
Noun
leet
- leading road
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 78:
- Vour-wing leet.
- Four cross roads.
Related terms
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 52
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