Meanings
leet1
plural leets
- ScotlandA portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.
leet2
- obsoletepastsimple past of let
leet3
plural leets
- UKobsoleteA regular court, more specifically a court-leet, in which certain lords had jurisdiction over local disputes, or the physical area of this jurisdiction.
leet4
leet5
plural leets
- obsoleteA place where roads meet or cross; intersection
- alternativeAlternative form of leat (“watercourse”).
leet6
alternative 1337 · alternative eleet · alternative el337 · alternative l33t · alternative 31337 · alternative 3l33t
- InternetabbreviationdateduncountableAbbreviation of leetspeak.
comparative leeter · superlative leetest · alternative 1337 · alternative eleet · alternative el337 · alternative l33t · alternative 31337 · alternative 3l33t
- Of or relating to leetspeak.
- slangHaving superior social rank over others; upper class, elite.
Leet7
LEET8
plural LEETs
- A person who is looking for employment, education, or training (but not currently in any of them).
Origin
leet · noun
- Frenchélite
- Old Norseleiti
- Old Frenchlite
- Scotsleet
- Englishleet
From Scots leet, leit, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French lite, litte, variant of liste (“list”); or from Old Norse leiti, hleyti (“a share, portion”) (compare Old English hlēt (“share, lot”)); or an aphaeretic shortening of French élite.
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Full word history & related roots →leet · verb
- Old Englishlēt
- Englishleet
From Old English lēt, past tense of lǣtan (“to let”).
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Full word history & related roots →leet · noun
- Old Englishġelǣte“crossroads”
- Medieval Latinleta
- Middle Englishlete“meeting”
- Englishleet
Originated 1400–50 from late Middle English lete (“meeting”), from Anglo-Norman lete and Medieval Latin leta (Anglo-Latin), possibly from Old English ġelǣte (“crossroads”).
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Full word history & related roots →leet · noun
Jamieson mentions the alternative spellings lyth, lythe, laid, and laith, and connects it to a verb lythe (“to shelter”), as it "is frequently caught ... in deep holes among the rocks".
Full word history & related roots →leet · noun
- Proto-Germanic*galētą
- Old Englishġelǣt
- Middle Englishlete
- Englishleet
From Middle English lete, from Old English ġelǣt, ġelǣte, from Proto-Germanic *galētą, *lētą. More at leat.
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Full word history & related roots →leet · noun, adjective
Apheretic form of elite, respelled according to leetspeak conventions.
Full word history & related roots →Leet · proper noun
- Old Englishġelǣte“intersection, crossroads”
- EnglishLeet
Topographic surname for someone who lived near a road junction, from Old English ġelǣte (“intersection, crossroads”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
German hervorragend, toll
- hervorragendexpert, masterful
- tollexpert, masterful
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Cite this entry
leet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leet
“leet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leet.
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