iota
- a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (I, ι).
- the vowel sound represented by this letter.
Origin of iota
Synonyms for iota
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for iota
whit, smidgen, speck, ounce, crumb, particle, trace, hint, scintilla, molecule, infinitesimal, grain, atom, jot, mite, nucleus, scrap, rayExamples from the Web for iota
Contemporary Examples of iota
Couch was not sentenced to an iota of time in a juvenile detention center or prison.
In this crisis, there were no hands on deck—no one willing to budge one iota from their respective ideological corners.
When I look at Netanyahu and Barak, I don't see an iota of leadership qualities in either of them.
They have no toys and not one iota of affection and connections with staff, which leads to attachment issues.
Any attempt to encroach on it, even by an iota, will ultimately lead to our enslavement by a federal tyranny.
Historical Examples of iota
On and ousia are only ion with an iota broken off; and ouk on is ouk ion.
CratylusPlato
He doesn't spare the horror of the thing one iota, but it "gets one right."
War Letters of a Public-School BoyPaul Jones.
One would not detract an iota from the achievements of these gallant adventurers.
Policing the PlainsR.G. MacBeth
She should not, however, permit herself to fail in one iota of her duty.
The Etiquette of To-dayEdith B. Ordway
It was on the Wednesday night that the Iota crossed to Etretat.
Danger! and Other StoriesArthur Conan Doyle
iota
- the ninth letter in the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι), a vowel or semivowel, transliterated as i or j
- (usually used with a negative) a very small amount; jot (esp in the phrase not one or an iota)
Word Origin for iota
Word Origin and History for iota
"very small amount," 1630s, figurative use of iota, ninth and smallest letter in the Greek alphabet. Modern use is after Matt. v:18 (see jot), but iota in classical Greek also was proverbially used of anything very small. The letter name is from Semitic (cf. Hebrew yodh).
iota
(ī-ō′tə)- The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
Idioms and Phrases with iota
iota
see not one iota.