dite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dite
1905–10; reflecting regional pronunciation of doit, in the sense “trifle”
Example Sentences
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One was Marianne Dubreuil dite Brion, who owned the apartment I rented and also owned seven slaves.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2019
Marianne Dubreuil dite Brion was daughter to Nanette, a former slave who was sold, along with her four children, to a French woman and her husband.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2019
As what seems to have happened to the stolen paintings from the Rotterdam Kunsthal museum last year when thieves took these paintings: Femme devant une fenêtre ouverte, dite la Fiancée, 1888.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 23, 2013
There was also a shelf set against the wall, described as le plus hault poulpitre le long de la dite muraille, which contained fifty-five volumes.
From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis
You don't tell me she wants to git him for herself? speak jest a dite louder!
From "Some Say" Neighbours in Cyrus by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
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