"&lit" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "literal",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "clipping of literal",
      "name": "clipping"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "literally"
      },
      "expansion": "literally",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "&",
        "3": "clipping of <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">literal</i> or <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">literally</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "& + clipping of literal or literally",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "& + clipping of literal or literally.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "&lits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "&lit"
      },
      "expansion": "&lit (plural &lits)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Perfect &lits are hard to create."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Nikki Katz, Zen and the Art of Crossword Puzzles: A Journey Down and Across, page 63",
          "text": "&Lit: This word play means \"and take it literally.\" In these clues, the word play and literal definition are one and the same. &Lit clues are marked with an exclamation point at the end.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cryptic crossword clue that can be interpreted in its entirety as either a definition or wordplay; for example, \"God incarnate, essentially\" for \"Odin\", a Norse god whose name is hidden in \"God incarnate\"."
      ],
      "id": "en-&lit-en-noun-WcD4jVPv",
      "links": [
        [
          "cryptic crossword",
          "cryptic crossword"
        ],
        [
          "clue",
          "clue"
        ],
        [
          "definition",
          "definition"
        ],
        [
          "wordplay",
          "wordplay"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ],
        [
          "incarnate",
          "incarnate"
        ],
        [
          "essentially",
          "essentially"
        ],
        [
          "Odin",
          "Odin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sometimes attributive) A cryptic crossword clue that can be interpreted in its entirety as either a definition or wordplay; for example, \"God incarnate, essentially\" for \"Odin\", a Norse god whose name is hidden in \"God incarnate\"."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ænd lɪt/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ănd lĭt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "&lit"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "literal",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "clipping of literal",
      "name": "clipping"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "literally"
      },
      "expansion": "literally",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "&",
        "3": "clipping of <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">literal</i> or <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">literally</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "& + clipping of literal or literally",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "& + clipping of literal or literally.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "&lits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "&lit"
      },
      "expansion": "&lit (plural &lits)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English clippings",
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms spelled with &",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Perfect &lits are hard to create."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Nikki Katz, Zen and the Art of Crossword Puzzles: A Journey Down and Across, page 63",
          "text": "&Lit: This word play means \"and take it literally.\" In these clues, the word play and literal definition are one and the same. &Lit clues are marked with an exclamation point at the end.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cryptic crossword clue that can be interpreted in its entirety as either a definition or wordplay; for example, \"God incarnate, essentially\" for \"Odin\", a Norse god whose name is hidden in \"God incarnate\"."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cryptic crossword",
          "cryptic crossword"
        ],
        [
          "clue",
          "clue"
        ],
        [
          "definition",
          "definition"
        ],
        [
          "wordplay",
          "wordplay"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ],
        [
          "incarnate",
          "incarnate"
        ],
        [
          "essentially",
          "essentially"
        ],
        [
          "Odin",
          "Odin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sometimes attributive) A cryptic crossword clue that can be interpreted in its entirety as either a definition or wordplay; for example, \"God incarnate, essentially\" for \"Odin\", a Norse god whose name is hidden in \"God incarnate\"."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ænd lɪt/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ănd lĭt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "&lit"
}