jot

[jot]

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verb (used with object), jot·ted, jot·ting.

to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed by down): Jot down his license number.

noun

the least part of something; a little bit: I don't care a jot.

Idioms

not a jot or tittle, not a bit; not at all: The world situation matters not a jot or tittle to him.

Origin of jot

1520–30; earlier iot, iote < Latin iōta < Greek iôta iota

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Related Words for jotted

note, write, list, indicate, record

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Contemporary Examples of jotted

Roughly a century after he jotted down his scandal-soaked observations, his notes were finally made public.
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A cousin took me to the National Frontier Trail Museum, where I jotted down dutiful notes.
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Katie Baker
October 24, 2014
Where they jotted down notes and clipped readings, we tweet short blurbs and recommended links.
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Historical Examples of jotted

He noted the direction of Andrew's eyes while he jotted down the items.
Way of the Lawless
Max Brand
He was consulting a small note-book, wherein he jotted down some figures.
The Slave Of The Lamp
Henry Seton Merriman
He now drew out his note-book and jotted down one or two memoranda.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
At the nearest one of these last was jotted down the words: "Umbrela Tree."
The Pirate of Panama
William MacLeod Raine
These he jotted down in his notebook, together with cross-sections of width.
Oh, You Tex!
William Macleod Raine

British Dictionary definitions for jotted

jot

verb jots, jotting or jotted

(tr usually foll by down) to write a brief note of

noun

(used with a negative) a little bit (in phrases such as not to care (or give) a jot)

Word Origin for jot

C16: from Latin jota, from Greek iōta, of Semitic origin; see iota

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Word Origin and History for jotted

jot

"to make a short note of," 1721, from jot (n.). Related: Jotted; jotting.

jot

1520s, borrowing of Latin jota, variant spelling of Greek iota "the letter -i-," the smallest letter in the alphabet, hence the least part of anything.