leet
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
leet (plural leets)
- (Scotland) A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.[1]
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English lēt, past tense of lǣtan (“to let”).
Verb edit
leet
Etymology 3 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
From Middle English lete, from Old English ġelǣt, ġelǣte, from Proto-Germanic *galētą, *lētą. More at leat.
Noun edit
leet (plural leets)
- (obsolete) A place where roads meet or cross; intersection
- Alternative form of leat (“watercourse”)
Etymology 6 edit
An aphetic form of elite, respelled according to leetspeak conventions.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
leet (uncountable)
- (Internet slang, dated) Abbreviation of leetspeak.
Adjective edit
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 edit
- ↑ 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 edit
Finnish edit
Noun edit
leet
- nominative plural of lee
Anagrams edit
Luxembourgish edit
Verb edit
leet
- inflection of leeden:
Verb edit
leet
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Dutch lēth, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþ.
Adjective edit
lêet
Inflection edit
Adjective | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | ||
Nominative | Indefinite | lêet | lêde | lêet | lêde |
Definite | lêde | lêde | |||
Accusative | Indefinite | lêden | lêde | lêet | lêde |
Definite | lêde | ||||
Genitive | lêets | lêder | lêets | lêder | |
Dative | lêden | lêder | lêden | lêden |
Alternative forms edit
- leit (Limburgish)
Descendants edit
- Dutch: leed
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Dutch *lēth, from Proto-Germanic *laiþą.
Noun edit
lêet n
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms edit
- leit (Limburgish)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Verb edit
leet
- simple past and past participle of lee
Alternative forms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
leet n
Anagrams edit
Plautdietsch edit
Adjective edit
leet
Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian let, from Proto-West Germanic *lat. More at late.
Adjective edit
leet
Related terms edit
Scots edit
Etymology edit
Compare Old English hlēte (“share, lot”).
Noun edit
leet (plural leets)
- a list
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English lete, from Old English ġelǣte.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leet
- leading road
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 78:
- Vour-wing leet.
- Four cross roads.
Related terms edit
References edit
- 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