quword 趣词
Word Origins Dictionary
- lit (n.1)[lit 词源字典]
- "color, hue, dye," early 12c., from Old Norse litr "color," from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz (cognates: Old English wlite "brightness, beauty," Old Frisian wlite "exterior, form," Gothic *wlits "face, form").[lit etymology, lit origin, 英语词源]
- lit (adj.)
- past participle adjective from light (v.2). Slang meaning "drunk" is recorded from 1914.
- lit (n.2)
- colloquial shortening of literature, attested by 1850.