Li'l

Alternative forms

• li'l'
• lil

Origin

Contracted from little, especially as pronounced with flapping, when the is barely audible.

Adjective

adjective

1. Eye dialect of little
• 1898, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Folks from Dixie‎, " 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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