li'l
See also: lil, Lil, li-l, lil', lil-, li'l', and Lil'
English
Alternative forms
- li'l'
- lil
Etymology
Contracted from little, especially as pronounced with flapping, when the /t/ is barely audible.
Adjective
li'l
- Eye dialect spelling of little.
- 1898, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Folks from Dixie, page 118:
- " Go s'eepy, baby; don' you be 'Paid; mammy ain' gwine let nuffin' hu't you, even ef pappy don' wan' look at huh li'l face. Bye, bye, go s'eepy, mammy's li'l gal."
- 2006, Cris Burks, Neecey's lullaby:
- Jesse called her his li'l cutie pie. Because she was happy to be so cute and her daddy's little girl,
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Anagrams
- I'll, Ill., ill