nit
Значение (English)
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- The egg of a louse.
- A young louse.
- (slang) A head louse regardless of its age.
- (slang) A fool, a nitwit.
- A nitpicker.
- A minor shortcoming.
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Произносится как (IPA)
/nɪt/
Etymology (English)
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)).
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