Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗simple past and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”) · simple past and past participle of light (“alight: land, come down on”)
To run or light (alight).
Illuminated. · Drunk, intoxicated; under the influence of drugs or alcohol. · Sexually aroused, (especially) visibly so. · Exciting, captivating; fun.
Alteration of earlier light, from Middle English lighte, from Old English līhtte, first and third person singular preterite of līhtan (“to light”), by analogy with bit. More at light; compare fit (“fought”). This form was proscribed during the 18th and 19th centuries, with lighted being preferred, but is now the most common past form of light.
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