leet

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Scrabble points
4
Words With Friends
5
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/liːt/

Definition of leet

12 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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

  1. (Scotland)A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.
  2. (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.
  3. (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.”
  4. (obsolete)A place where roads meet or cross; intersection
  5. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of leat (“watercourse”).
  6. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, dated, uncountable)Abbreviation of leetspeak.

verb

  1. (form-of, obsolete, past)simple past of let

adj

  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.”

name

  1. 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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