nit

Meaning

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nɪt/

Etymology

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)).