Meanings
lirt1
present singular third person lirts · participle present lirting · participle past lirted · past lirted · alternative obsolete lirte
lirt2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
lirt · verb, noun
- Proto-Indo-European*lerd-“to bend, crook”
- Proto-West Germanic*lurtijan“to deceive”
- Old English*lyrtan
- Middle Englishlirten
- Englishlirt
From Middle English lirten, lurten (“to cheat”), from Old English *lyrtan (found only in belyrtan (“to deceive”)), from Proto-West Germanic *lurtijan (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *lerd- (“to bend, crook”). Cognate with Scots lirt (“to cheat, deceive, delude”), Middle High German lürzen (“to deceive”), Middle High German lerz, lurz, lorz (“left, left-handed”), Old English lort, lyrt (“crooked”).
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Full word history & related roots →lirt · verb
Origin obscure. Perhaps alteration of lirk (“to jerk”).
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lirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lirt
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