Het

/hΙ›t/ adjective

Regional past participle of 'heat'; heated up or agitated, often in the phrase 'het up'.

From heated, with the -ed ending simplified to -et, then to 'het.' Common in dialectal English, particularly American regional speech. Represents a natural phonetic evolution in casual speech.

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