zit
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Uncertain origin, first attested as 1960s North American English slang. Compare English chit (“pimple, wart”), German Zitze (“teat, nipple”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
zit (plural zits)
- (Canada, US, slang) pimple
- 1968, J. Lawrence Hagen, "Pinball 1959", Generation volume 20–21, page 182:
- I can't help thinking how little good all that working out did him. I think the only thing he ever got out of it was more zits.
- 1987 Adventures in Babysitting, 00:06:35:
- Brad: Sara, did you take my Clearasil again? Sara: I ran out of brown (paint). Brad: Great. How am I supposed to cover up my zits?
- 1968, J. Lawrence Hagen, "Pinball 1959", Generation volume 20–21, page 182:
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
pimple
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DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From zitten.
NounEdit
zit m (plural zitten, diminutive zitje n)
- the act of sitting
- (Belgium, by extension) an exam term at university or an institution of intermediate tertiary education
- seat
- (by extension) a seat in a legislative or regulatory group (e.g. in a parliament or a board)
- (Suriname, always in the diminutive) a small social gathering at someone's home
- 2021 March 16, Nita Ramcharan, “Column: Vicepresident, niet te laat voor 'sorry' [Column: Vice President, it's not too late to say sorry]”, in StarNieuws[1], retrieved 2 March 2022:
- De belletjes bij minister Amar Ramadhin hadden al moeten rinkelen toen vicepresident (vp) Ronnie Brunswijk liet doorschemeren dat hij een 'zitje' wilde houden met zijn naasten, onder wie zijn kinderen. De minister had niet verwacht dat het om een feest ging met alles erop en eraan, terwijl alle voorbereidingen van het feest te volgen waren op social media.
- Minister Amar Ramadhin's alarm bells should have gone off immediately when Vice President Ronnie Brunswijk hinted that he wanted to have a 'small gathering' with his loved ones, including his children. The Minister had not expected that it would be a full-blown party, while all the party preparations could be followed on social media.
SynonymsEdit
- (the act of sitting): zitting
- (exam term): zittijd
- (seat): zetel, zeet
- (seat in a group): zetel, zitje
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
zit
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of zitten
- imperative of zitten
Middle High GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old High German zīt, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dīti- (“time, period”), from *dī- (“time”).
NounEdit
zīt f
DescendantsEdit
PaipaiEdit
NounEdit
zit
YolaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.
VerbEdit
zit
- to sit
- 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 6:
- But zit ad hime wi vlaxen wheel,
- But sit at home with flaxen wheel,
ReferencesEdit
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131