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Lite
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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lite (laɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of food and drink) containing few calories or little alcohol or fat |
| 2. | denoting a more restrained or less extreme version of a person or thing: reggae lite |
| [C20: variant spelling of | |
| -lite | |
| —n combining form | |
| Compare -lith (in names of minerals) stone: chrysolite | |
| [from French -lite or -lithe, from Greek lithos stone] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
-lite
comb. form meaning "stone," from Fr. -lite, variant of -lithe, from Gk. lithos "stone."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Lite beer seemed less problematic than regular beer or ale.
Not surprisingly many developers are releasing lite versions of their paid apps for free.
Besides, that is an opinion piece and a bit lite on facts.
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