tittle
[ tit-l ]
/ ˈtɪt l /
noun
a dot or other small mark in writing or printing, used as a diacritic, punctuation, etc.
a very small part or quantity; a particle, jot, or whit: He said he didn't care a tittle.
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Origin of tittle
before 900; Middle English titel, Old English titul < Medieval Latin titulus mark over letter or word. See title
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tittle
/ (ˈtɪtəl) /
noun
a small mark in printing or writing, esp a diacritic
a jot; particle
Word Origin for tittle
C14: from Medieval Latin titulus label, from Latin: title
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tittle
late 14c., "small stroke or point in writing," representing Latin apex in Late Latin sense of "accent mark over a vowel," borrowed (perhaps by influence of Provençal titule "the dot over -i-") from Latin titulus "inscription, heading" (see title (n.)).
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