ditto
[ dit-oh ]
/ ˈdɪt oʊ /
noun, plural dit·tos.
the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Abbreviation: do. Symbol: ″.Compare ditto mark.
another of the same.
Informal. a duplicate; copy.
adverb
as already stated; likewise.
verb (used with object), dit·toed, dit·to·ing.
to make a copy of, using a Ditto machine.
to duplicate or repeat the action or statement of (another person).
RELATED WORDS
ape, resemble, simulate, mirror, imitate, lampoon, satirize, parody, subscribe, accede, restate, renew, repeat, echo, recite, rehash, reiterate, replay, underwrite, conform
Nearby words
- ditsy,
- dittander,
- dittany,
- dittersdorf,
- dittersdorf, karl ditters von,
- ditto machine,
- ditto mark,
- dittograph,
- dittographic,
- dittography
Origin of ditto
1615–25; < Italian, variant of detto < Latin dictus said, past participle of dīcere to say; see dictum
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Word Origin for ditto
C17: from Italian (Tuscan dialect), variant of detto said, from dicere to say, from Latin
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ditto
1620s, Tuscan dialectal ditto "(in) the said (month or year)," literary Italian detto, past participle of dire "to say," from Latin dicere (see diction).
Originally used in Italian to avoid repetition of month names in a series of dates; generalized meaning of "same as above" first recorded in English 1670s. Dittohead, self-description of followers of U.S. radio personality Rush Limbaugh, attested by 1995. dittoship is from 1869.
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