Litten
name, verb
name, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 past participle of light archaic, form-of, participle, past
"They’ve been inside the earth, too—there are openings which human beings know nothing of—some of them in these very Vermont hills—and great worlds of unknown life down there; blue-litten K’n-yan, red-litten Yoth, and black, lightless N’kai."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"They’ve been inside the earth, too—there are openings which human beings know nothing of—some of them in these very Vermont hills—and great worlds of unknown life down there; blue-litten K’n-yan, red-litten Yoth, and black, lightless N’kai."
Etymology
Pseudo-archaic formation from lit + -en.
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