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Definition nit
Etymology 1
From Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnits (compare Dutch neet, German Nisse, Norwegian nit), from Proto-Indo-European *?(o)nid- (compare Scottish Gaelic sneadh, Lithuanian glìnda, Polish gnida, Albanian thëri, Ancient Greek ????? (konís))
Noun
nit (plural nits)
- The egg of a louse.
- A young louse.
- (Britain, Ireland, slang) A head louse regardless of its age.
- (Britain, slang) A fool, a nitwit.
- A nitpicker.
- A minor shortcoming.
Verb
nit (third-person singular simple present nits, present participle nitting, simple past and past participle nitted)
Etymology 2
From Latin nit?re (“to shine”).
Noun
nit (plural nits)
- A candela per square meter.
Etymology 3
Noun
nit (plural nits)
- Synonym of nat (logarithmic unit of information)
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