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leet¹

  • /liːt/

Sounds like Leith (th-stopping) · Rhymes with -iːt

Where it comes from

From Scots leet, leit, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French lite, litte, variant of liste (“list”); or from Old Norse leiti, hleyti (“a share, portion”) (compare Old English hlēt (“share, lot”)); or an aphaeretic shortening of French élite.

noun leets

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

leet²

  • /liːt/

Sounds like Leith (th-stopping) · Rhymes with -iːt

Where it comes from

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

verb

  1. obsolete, past simple past of let

leet³

  • /liːt/

Sounds like Leith (th-stopping) · Rhymes with -iːt

Where it comes from

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

noun leets

  1. UK, 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.

leet⁴

  • /liːt/

Sounds like Leith (th-stopping) · Rhymes with -iːt

Where it comes from

Jamieson mentions the alternative spellings lyth, lythe, laid, and laith, and connects it to a verb lythe (“to shelter”), as it "is frequently caught ... in deep holes among the rocks".

noun leets

  1. UK The European pollock. The whiting pollock sometimes, par excellence is styled pollock only. On the Yorkshire coast it is called a leet, and in Scotland a lythe.

leet⁵

  • /liːt/

Sounds like Leith (th-stopping) · Rhymes with -iːt

Where it comes from

From Middle English lete, from Old English ġelǣt, ġelǣte, from Proto-Germanic *galētą, *lētą. More at leat.

noun leets

  1. obsolete A place where roads meet or cross; intersection
  2. alternative Alternative form of leat (“watercourse”).

leet⁶

  • /liːt/

Sounds like Leith (th-stopping) · Rhymes with -iːt

Where it comes from

Apheretic form of elite, respelled according to leetspeak conventions.

noun 1337 · eleet · el337 · l33t · 31337 · 3l33t

  1. Internet, abbreviation, dated, uncountable Abbreviation of leetspeak

adjective leeter · leetest · 1337 · eleet · el337 · l33t

  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. 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.

Leet⁷

Where it comes from

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a road junction, from Old English ġelǣte (“intersection, crossroads”).

proper noun Leets · Leete

  1. A surname from Old English.

LEET⁸

  • /ˈliːt/

Rhymes with -iːt

Where it comes from

Modelled on NEET.

noun LEETs

  1. A person who is looking for employment, education, or training (but not currently in any of them).

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adj expert, masterful

Deutschhervorragend, toll

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@misc{leet_2026,
  title = {leet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/leet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}