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nit¹

  • /nɪt/

Sounds like knit, gnit · Rhymes with -ɪt

Where it comes from

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)).

noun nits

  1. The egg of a louse.
  2. A young louse.
  3. Ireland, UK, broadly 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.

Similar: dickies

verb nits · nitting · nitted

  1. Multicultural London English To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty. Can’t miss no dots Every shot let caused I’m hittin Used to bag it up in the toilet My mumsie thought I was shittin Ever seen a junky fittin? Ever stepped in a room full of needles? No I ain’t doin no nittin

nit²

  • /nɪt/

Sounds like knit, gnit · Rhymes with -ɪt

Where it comes from

From Latin nitēre (“to shine”).

noun nits

  1. A candela per square metre. This brightness of this LCD screen is between 900 and 1000 nits.

nit³

  • /nɪt/

Sounds like knit, gnit · Rhymes with -ɪt

Where it comes from

Possibly a blend of Neperian + digit, as is nepit.

noun nits

  1. Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”).

    Similar: nat

nit⁴

  • /nɪt/

Sounds like knit, gnit · Rhymes with -ɪt

noun nits

  1. A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style.

NIT⁵

noun NITs

  1. India, abbreviation Abbreviation of National Institute of Technology

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: louse, picking, tin, thread, thrust, dipshit, moron, enthusiasm, line, zeal, itn, ict, gass, nti, ttn, nest egg

noun

Similar: dickies

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noun egg of a louse

Españolliendre
한국어서캐 seokae
日本語寄生虫の卵 kiseichū no tamago
中文蟣子 /虮子 jǐzi
Portuguêslêndea
Françaislente
DeutschNisse
Italianolendine
Ελληνικάκονίδα konída
Românălindină
Русскийгни́да gnída
Tiếng Việttrứng chấy, trứng rận
العربيةصُغْبَة ṣuḡba
עבריתביצת כינה betsát kiná

noun slang: fool, nitwit

中文傻瓜 shǎguā, 笨蛋 bèndàn
Русскийдеби́л debíl

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@misc{nit_2026,
  title = {nit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}