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NIT
nit
(noun) egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
nit
(noun) a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
nit (plural nits)
The egg of a louse.
A young louse.
(UK, Ireland, slang) A head louse regardless of its age.
(UK, slang) A fool, a nitwit.
A nitpicker.
A minor shortcoming.
Synonyms
• dickies (Geordie)
Verb
nit (third-person singular simple present nits, present participle nitting, simple past and past participle nitted)
(Multicultural London English) To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty.
Etymology 2
Noun
nit (plural nits)
A candela per square meter.
Etymology 3
Noun
nit (plural nits)
synonym of nat (logarithmic unit of information)
Anagrams
• INT, ITN, TIN, i'n't, in't, int, int., tin
Source: Wiktionary
Nit, n. Etym: [AS. hnitu; akin to D. neet, G. niss, OHG. niz; cf. gr. gnit, Sw. gnet, Dan. gnid, Russ. & Pol. gnida, Bohem. hnida, W. nedd.] (Zoƶl.)
Definition: The egg of a louse or other small insect. Nit grass (Bot.), a pretty annual European grass (Gastridium lendigerum), with small spikelets somewhat resembling a nit. It is also found in California and Chili.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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