lit·ten I. \ˈlitən\noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English lytton, letton, from Old English līctūn, from līc body, corpse + tūn enclosure, field, village — more at like, town dialect England: churchyard; especially: a churchyard used as a cemetery II. adjective Etymology:lit (past participle of light) (III) + -en archaic: lighted < like a cloud of litten gold — Blackwood's > — often used in combination < dim-litten chamber — William Morris >