leet

leet
{{11}}leet (1) in reference to special court proceedings, late 13c., from Anglo-Fr. lete, Anglo-Latin leta, of unknown origin; OED suggests possible connection to LET (Cf. let) (v.).
{{12}}leet (2) by 1997, ASCII alternative alphabet used mostly in Internet chat, derived from ELITE (Cf. elite), and sometimes the word is used in that sense (e.g. in online gaming).

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  • Leet — speak Le Leet speak (en leet speak : 1337 5|*34|<), de l anglais « elite speak » (litt. « langage de l élite »), est une écriture utilisant les caractères alphanumériques ASCII d une manière peu compréhensible pour le… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Leet — Leet, n. [LL. leta. Cf. F. lit de justice a solemn sitting of the king in Parliament, L. lis, litis, a lawsuit, It., Sp., & Pg. lite.] (Eng. Hist.) A court leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a court leet; the day on which a court leet… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Leet — (l[=e]t), obs. imp. of {Let}, to allow. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Leet — Leet, n. [Cf. AS. hl[=e]t share, lot.] A portion; a list, esp. a list of candidates for an office. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Leet — Leet, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[ o]l.) The European pollock. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • leet — /leet/, n. Brit. Obs. 1. a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes. 2. the area over which this jurisdiction extended, including the manor itself and, sometimes, nearby counties …   Universalium

  • leet — UK [liːt] / US or leetspeak UK / US noun [uncountable] computing informal a form of written English used for example in chatrooms in which letters are replaced by numbers or other symbols …   English dictionary

  • leet — [lēt] n. [ME & Anglo Fr lete, akin ? to OE læth, land division, esp. in southeast England] Historical in England, a manorial court or its jurisdiction …   English World dictionary

  • Leet — For other uses, see Leet (disambiguation). One way to write the word Wikipedia in Leet Leet (or 1337 ), als …   Wikipedia

  • Leet — Калифорнийский автомобильный номер на Leet: T3h1337 (Teh Leet) Leet (1337)  распространившийся в Интернете стиль употребления английского языка. Основные отличия  замена латинских букв на похожие цифры и символы, имитация и …   Википедия

  • Leet — Dieser Artikel oder Abschnitt bedarf einer Überarbeitung. Näheres ist auf der Diskussionsseite angegeben. Hilf mit, ihn zu verbessern, und entferne anschließend diese Markierung. Leetspeak [ˈliːtspiːk] (auch Leetspeek; von engl. elite, „Elite“)… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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