dittography

[dih-tog-ruh-fee]

noun

1. reduplication of letters or syllables in writing, printing, etc., usually through error.

dittography

/ dɪˈtɒɡrəfɪ, ˌdɪtəˈɡræfɪk /

noun

1. the unintentional repetition of letters or words

2. a passage of manuscript demonstrating dittography

Other Word Forms

• dittographic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dittography¹

1870–75; < Greek dittographía, dialectal variant of dissographía, equivalent to dissó ( s ) double + -graphia -graphy

Example Sentences

Dittography, di-tog′ra-fi, n. mechanical repetition of letters or words in copying a manuscript.

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Both break the connection and are unmetrical.532.The couplet here given by Hebrew and Greek is too long for the verse, breaks the connection, and is apparently a copyist's dittography expanded by quotation from ix.

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