See also: Leet, le'et', and léët

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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leet (plural leets)

  1. (Scotland) A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.[1]
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Etymology 2

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From Old English lēt, past tense of lǣtan (to let).

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leet

  1. (obsolete) simple past of let

Etymology 3

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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).

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leet (plural leets)

  1. (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

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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]

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leet (plural leets)

  1. (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

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From Middle English lete, from Old English ġelǣt, ġelǣte, from Proto-Germanic *galētą, *lētą. More at leat.

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leet (plural leets)

  1. (obsolete) A place where roads meet or cross; intersection
  2. Alternative form of leat (watercourse)

Etymology 6

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An aphetic form of elite, respelled according to leetspeak conventions.

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Noun

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leet (uncountable)

  1. (Internet slang, dated) Abbreviation of leetspeak.

Adjective

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leet (comparative leeter, superlative leetest)

  1. Of or relating to leetspeak.
  2. (slang) Possessing outstanding skill in a field; expert, masterful.
  3. (slang) Having superior social rank over others; upper class, elite.
  4. (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.
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Brown, Lesley. The New shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles. Clarendon Oxford 1993 isbn=0-19-861271-0
  2. ^ 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.

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Finnish

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Noun

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leet

  1. nominative plural of lee

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Luxembourgish

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Verb

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leet

  1. inflection of leeden:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular/plural imperative

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leet

  1. inflection of leeën:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person plural imperative

Middle Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Old Dutch lēth, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþ.

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lêet

  1. loathsome, abhorrent
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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
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  • Dutch: leed

Etymology 2

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From Old Dutch *lēth, from Proto-Germanic *laiþą.

Noun

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lêet n

  1. damage, harm
  2. suffering, sadness
  3. sickness
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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leet

  1. simple past and past participle of lee

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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leet n

  1. definite singular of le

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Plautdietsch

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Adjective

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leet

  1. sorry, regretful, rueful

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian let, from Proto-West Germanic *lat. More at late.

Adjective

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leet

  1. late
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Scots

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Etymology

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Compare Old English hlēte (share, lot).

Noun

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leet (plural leets)

  1. a list

Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English lete, from Old English ġelǣte.

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Noun

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leet

  1. leading road
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 78:
      Vour-wing leet.
      Four cross roads.
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  • 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