leet

See also: Leet and le'et

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːt/
  • Rhymes: -iːt
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Etymology 1

Compare Old English hlēte, *hlīete (“share, lot”), cognate with Old Norse hleyti (“share, portion”).

Noun

leet (plural leets)

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

Etymology 2

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

Verb

leet

  1. (obsolete) simple past tense of let

Etymology 3

Originated 1400–50 from late Middle English lete (“meeting”), from Anglo-Norman lete and Medieval Latin leta, possibly from Old English gelǣte (“crossroads”).

Noun

leet (plural leets)

  1. (Britain, 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

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..."[2]

Noun

leet (plural leets)

  1. The European pollock.
    • William Hughes
      The whiting pollock sometimes, par excellence is styled pollock only. On the Yorkshire coast it is called a leet, and in Scotland a lythe.[3]

Etymology 5

Noun

leet (plural leets)

  1. Alternative form of leat (“watercourse”)

Etymology 6

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

Alternative forms

Noun

leet (plural leets)

  1. (Internet slang) Abbreviation of leetspeak.

Adjective

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Brown, Lesley. The New shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles. Clarendon Oxford 1993 isbn=0-19-861271-0
  2. ↑ Jamieson, John. Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
  3. ↑ William Hughes. A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish year=1854 publisher=Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans p. 27
  • “leet” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • "leet" in the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, MICRA, 1996, 1998.

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Verb

leet

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

Verb

leet

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

lêet

  1. loathsome, abhorrent
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms
Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lêet n

  1. damage, harm
  2. suffering, sadness
  3. sickness
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms
Descendants
  • Dutch: leed
  • Limburgish: leidj

Further reading

  • “leet (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “leet (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “leet (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
  • “leet (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norwegian

Verb

leet

  1. Past tense and past participle of lee

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

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

Adjective

leet

  1. late

Scots

Etymology

Compare Old English hlēte (“share, lot”).

Noun

leet (plural leets)

  1. a list
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