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Webster 1913 Edition

Nit

Nit

(nĭt)
,
Noun.
[AS.
hnitu
; akin to D.
neet
, G.
niss
, OHG.
niz
; cf. Gr.
κονίς
,
κονίδος
, Icel.
gnit
, Sw.
gnet
, Dan.
gnid
, Russ. & Pol.
gnida
, Bohem.
hnida
, W.
nedd
.]
(Zool.)
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 Chile.

Webster 1828 Edition

Nit

NIT

,
Noun.
The egg of a louse or other small insect.

Definition 2024

nît

nît

See also: nit and -nit

Friulian

Alternative forms

  • nîd (alternative orthography)

Noun

nît m ‎(plural nîts)

  1. nest

Jersey Dutch

Etymology

Cognate to Dutch niet ‎(“not”). Compare German nicht.

Adverb

nît

  1. not
    • 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:
      Hai waz nît tevrêde täus […]
      He was not content at home […]

Etymology

From Latin nīdus.

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