leet
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Definition of leet
12 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (Scotland)A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.
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noun
- (Scotland)A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.
- (British, 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.
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(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.”
- (obsolete)A place where roads meet or cross; intersection
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of leat (“watercourse”).
- (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, dated, uncountable)Abbreviation of leetspeak.
verb
- (form-of, obsolete, past)simple past of let
adj
- Of or relating to leetspeak.
- (slang)Possessing outstanding skill in a field; expert, masterful.
- (slang)Having superior social rank over others; upper class, elite.
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(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.”
name
- A surname from Old English.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
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.
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