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Synonyms for nit

Grammar : Noun
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Phonetic Transcription : nɪt

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Définition of nit

Origin :
  • Old English hnitu "louse egg, nit," from Proto-Germanic *khnito (cf. Norwegian nit, Middle Dutch nete, Dutch neet, Middle High German niz, German Niß), from PIE root *knid- "egg of a louse" (cf. Russian, Polish gnida, Czech knida; Greek konidos, genitive konis "egg of a louse").
  • As in mite : noun small insect
Example sentences :
  • But Lee wuz dead in earnest an' growin' more excited ivery min nit.
  • Extract from : « The U.P. Trail » by Zane Grey
  • Nor sie kuckt trucken, wie varstinert, in ihr Ssider; nit sie wint, nit sie dawent.
  • Extract from : « The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century » by Leo Wiener
  • Das der gmein man, one eine offne Disputation, nit zu stillen was.
  • Extract from : « History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume III » by J. H. Merle D'Aubign
  • “Weiss nit,” he mumbled, beginning to stagger as the serpent struck its fangs into his vitals.
  • Extract from : « The Cup of Fury » by Rupert Hughes
  • A fire not large enough to roast a nit, and a supper too small to fatten him beforehand!
  • Extract from : « Paul Clifford, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • And as he glowered at the little Cuban, he ended his oration with one eloquent word, "Nit!"
  • Extract from : « The Open Boat and Other Stories » by Stephen Crane
  • I wuz taught ter weav', card, spin en 'nit en ter wuk in de fiel's.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves » by Work Projects Administration
  • We wore yarn hoods, sha'ls, en pantletts which wuz 'nit things dat kum fum yo shoe tops ter 'bove yo knees.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves » by Work Projects Administration
  • It has not been individually taught; its personal experience is nit; but it has the benefit of ancestral experience.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • He remains hidden (perdue) and, like the midge of the egg of an insect (nit), is safe through his very insignificance.
  • Extract from : « Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning » by Robert Browning
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