Swift.
Syn. -- Heedless; careless; indifferent; vacant; uninterested; languid;
spiritless; supine; indolent.
-- List"less*ly, adv. -- List"less*ness, n.
Lit (lt), a form of the imp. & p. p. of Light.
Lit"a*ny (lt"*n), n.; pl. Litanies (- nz). [OE. letanie, OF. letanie,
F. litanie, L. litania, Gr. litanei`a, fr. litaney`ein to pray, akin to
li`tesqai, li`ssesqai, to pray, lith` prayer.] A solemn form of
supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the
clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter
responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential
character.
Supplications . . . for the appeasing of God's wrath were of the
Greek church termed litanies, and rogations of the Latin.
Hooker.
Lit"arge (lt"rj), n. Litharge. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Li"tchi` (l"ch`), n. (Bot.) The fruit of a tree native to China
(Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell,
containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried
fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color
and form. [Written also lichi, and lychee.]
-lite (-lt). See -lith.
Lite (lt), a., adv., & n. Little. [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ Li"ter, Li"tre } (l"tr; 277), n. [F. litre, Gr. li`tra a silver
coin.] A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic
decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or
1.76 English pints.
Lit"er*a*cy (lt"r**s), n. State of being literate.
Lit"er*al (-al), a. [F. litéral, littéral, L. litteralis, literalis,
fr. littera, litera, a letter. See Letter.] 1. According to the letter
or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the
literal meaning of a phrase.
It hath but one simple literal sense whose light the owls can not
abide.
Tyndale.