nit

Meaning

Noun

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

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

Translations

lendine

liendre

lente

Nisse

neet

lêndea

sirke

llémena

κόνιδα

nit

pidocchio

nit

μηδαμινότητα

lēns

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nɪt/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: neet

Cognate with German: Nisse

Cognate with Norwegian: nit

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic: sneadh

Cognate with Lithuanian: glìnda

Cognate with Polish: gnida

Cognate with Albanian: thëri

Cognate with Ancient Greek: 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 gli̇̀nda, Polish gnida, Albanian thëri, Ancient Greek κονίς (konís)).