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Nitid definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NIT'ID, a.
1. Bright; lustrous; shining.
2. Gay; spruce; fine; applied to persons. [Little used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: bright with a steady but subdued shining; "from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights"; "the gleaming brass on the altar"; "Nereids beneath the nitid moon" [syn: agleam, gleaming, nitid]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin nitidus — more at neat Date: 1619 bright, lustrous

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nitid Nit"id, a. [L. nitidus, fr. nitere. See 3d Neat.] 1. Bright; lustrous; shining. [R.] --Boyle. 2. Gay; spruce; fine; -- said of persons. [R.] --T. Reeve.