A desert . . . where the she-wolf still littered.
Macaulay.
||Lit`te`ra`teur" (l`t`r`tr"), n. [F.] One who occupies himself with
||literature; a literary man; a literatus. " Befriended by one
||kind-hearted littérateur after another." C. Kingsley.
||
Lit"ter*y (?), a. Covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of or
constituting litter.
Lit"tle (?), a. [The regular comparative of this word is wanting, its
place being supplied by less, or, rarely, lesser. See Lesser. For the
superlative least is used, the regular form, littlest, occurring very
rarely, except in some of the English provinces, and occasionally in
colloquial language. " Where love is great, the littlest doubts are
fear." Shak.] [OE. litel, lutel, AS. l&?;tel, ltel, l&?;t; akin to OS.
littil, D. luttel, LG. lütt, OHG. luzzil, MHG. lützel; and perh. to AS.
lytig deceitful, lot deceit, Goth. liuts deceitful, lut&?;n to deceive;
cf. also Icel. ltill little, Sw. liten, Dan. liden, lille, Goth.
leitils, which appear to have a different root vowel.] 1. Small in size
or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a
little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill;
a little distance; a little child.
He sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press,
because he was little of stature.
Luke xix. 3.