bitty

[bit-ee]

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adjective, bit·ti·er, bit·ti·est.

Informal. tiny; itty-bitty: a little bitty town.

Chiefly British. containing or consisting of small bits or pieces; fragmentary.

Origin of bitty

First recorded in 1890–95; bit² + -y¹

Related formsbit·ti·ness, noun

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Related Words for bitty

poor, limited, short, paltry, slight, meager, young, miniature, modest, cramped, microscopic, narrow, minuscule, small-scale, insignificant, teeny, puny, sketchy, scattered, little

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Historical Examples of bitty

Grandma was a little, bitty woman; so little that she wore a number one shoe.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1
Work Projects Administration
It's just a bitty little dot, but the map was made before the evacuation started.
The Cosmic Computer
Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for bitty

bitty

adjective -tier or -tiest

lacking unity; disjointed

containing bits, sediment, etc

Derived Formsbittiness, noun

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Word Origin and History for bitty

adj.

1892, "made of little scraps," from bit (n.1) + -y (2). As a clipped variant of bitsy, recorded from 1905, American English.