Meanings
litten1
verb
- archaicparticiplepastpast participle of light
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.
1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 7, in The Whisperer in Darkness
Litten2
Origin
Pseudo-archaic formation from lit + -en.
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APA
litten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/litten
MLA
“litten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/litten. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “litten,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/litten.
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