nit

Meaning of nit

noun
  1. the egg or young form of a louse or other parasitic insect, especially the egg of a human head louse attached to a hair.
  2. a foolish person.
    you stupid nit!

Old English hnitu, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch neet and German Nisse .

exclamation

used as a warning that someone is approaching.

late 19th century: probably from nix3.

Information about nit

Hyphenation of nit

nit

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • nit is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of nit

Int, tin

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