Definitions For Leet

Etymology 1

From {{bor, en, sco, leet}}, leit, of {{unk, en, title=uncertain}} origin. Perhaps from {{der, en, fro, lite}}, litte}}, variant of liste ("list"); or from {{der, en, non, leiti, hleyti, t=a share, portion (compare {{cog, ang, hlēte, t=share, lot}}); or an aphaeretic shortening of {{der, en, fr, élite}}.

Noun

LEET (plural LEETs) (Scotland) A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.Brown, Lesley. The New shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles. Clarendon Oxford 1993 isbn=0-19-861271-0

Etymology 2

From {{der, en, ang, lēt}}, past tense of lǣtan, , to let.

Verb

(obsolete) Simple past tense of let

Etymology 3

Originated 1400–50 from late {{der, en, enm, lete, , meeting}}, from {{der, en, xno, -}} lete and {{der, en, ML., leta}} {{q, Anglo-Latin}}, possibly from {{der, en, ang, ġelǣte, , crossroads}}.

Noun

LEET (plural LEETs) (British, obsolete) A regular court, more specifically a court-leet, in which certain lords had jurisdiction over local disputes, or the physical area of this jurisdiction.

Etymology 4

Jamieson mentions the alternative spellings lyth, lythe, laid, and laith, and connects it to a erb lythe, , to shelter, as it "is frequently caught ... in deep holes among the rocks".John Jamieson, Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language (): wikipedia:common name, common name in Scotland and North Country England, that varies regionally and confuses several species. Scottish lythe, laid, laith. Pollack. "...called leets on the coast near Scarborough... the lyth, or ly-fish, is frequently caught ... in deep holes among the rocks". cf. "To LYTHE, v. a. To shelter..."

Noun

LEET (plural LEETs) (UK) The european pollock.

Etymology 5

From Middle English lete, from {{inh, en, ang, ġelǣt}}, ġelǣte, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *galētą}}, *lētą. More at leat.

Noun

LEET (plural LEETs) (obsolete) A place where roads meet or cross; intersection Alternate form of leat, , watercourse

Etymology 6

An aphetic form of elite, respelled according to leetspeak conventions.

Alternative forms

1337, eleet, el337, l33t, 31337, and 3l33t.

Noun

LEET (uncountable) (Internet slang, dated) {{abbreviation of, en, leetspeak}}

Adjective

{{en-adj, er}} Of or relating to leetspeak. (slang) Possessing outstanding skill in a field; expert, masterful. (slang) Having superior social rank over others; upper class, elite. (slang) awesome, awesome, typically to describe a feat of skill; cool, sweet.

Anagrams

Teel, Tele, teel, tele, tele-