nit.
The egg of a louse.
Meaning & usage
The egg of a louse.
A young louse.
A head louse regardless of its age.
A fool, a nitwit.
A minor shortcoming; the object of a nitpick.
A nitpicker.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnits (compare Dutch neet, German Nisse, Norwegian nit), from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- (compare Scottish Gaelic sneadh, Lithuanian gli̇̀nda, Polish gnida, Albanian thëri, Ancient Greek κονίς (konís)).
To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnits (compare Dutch neet, German Nisse, Norwegian nit), from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- (compare Scottish Gaelic sneadh, Lithuanian gli̇̀nda, Polish gnida, Albanian thëri, Ancient Greek κονίς (konís)).
A candela per square metre.
This brightness of this LCD screen is between 900 and 1000 nits.
Where this word comes from
From Latin nitēre (“to shine”).
Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”).
Where this word comes from
Possibly a blend of Neperian + digit, as is nepit.
A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style.
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