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flit

Pronunciation: /flit/

“flit” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. argument, fight
  2. arguing, fighting
  3. contest, competition

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flit, from Proto-Germanic *flītaz, for which compare *flītan (“to strive”).

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