slite
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of slite
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (dialectal, transitive)To slit; tear or rip up.
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verb
- (dialectal, transitive)To slit; tear or rip up.
- (dialectal, transitive)To wear away (clothes).
noun
- (dialectal, uncountable)The act or process of ripping up; rending; wear and tear.
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Etymology
From Middle English sliten, from Old English slītan (“to slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to pieces, cleave, divide”), from Proto-West Germanic *slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear”), from Proto-Indo-European…
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From Middle English sliten, from Old English slītan (“to slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to pieces, cleave, divide”), from Proto-West Germanic *slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *skleyd-, *(s)kelH- (“to cut, trim”). Cognate with North Frisian slitten (“to clear, make void”), Dutch slijten (“to wear, waste, ravel out”), German schleißen (“to trim”), Swedish slita (“to rip, tear”). Doublet of slit. More at slice.
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