nit

Betekenis (English)

Noun

1. The egg of a louse.
2. A young louse.
3. (slang) A head louse regardless of its age.
4. (slang) A fool, a nitwit.
5. A nitpicker.
6. A minor shortcoming.

Verb

To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty.

Synonyms

louse egg

louse

egg of a louse

egg

🥚

lice

larva

moron

nitwit

nits

louse-egg

bead

candela per square metre

flea

head louse

idiot

item of clothing

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/nɪt/

Etimologie (English)

Cognate with Nederlands: neet

Cognate with Duits: Nisse

Cognate with Noors: nit

Cognate with Skotse Gallies: sneadh

Cognate with Litaus: glìnda

Cognate with Pools: gnida

Cognate with Albanees: thëri

Cognate with Antieke Grieks: κονίς

In summary

From Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnits (compare Dutch neet, German Nisse, Norwegian nit), from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- (compare Scottish Gaelic sneadh, Lithuanian glìnda, Polish gnida, Albanian thëri, Ancient Greek κονίς (konís)).