tittle
[tit-l]
- 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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Related Words for tittle
chip, lick, stump, speck, taste, chunk, butt, morsel, shard, dose, sample, dollop, whit, moiety, trifle, stub, excerpt, slice, end, dabExamples from the Web for tittle
Historical Examples of tittle
Not in one jot or tittle would it suffer in the authority of its teaching.
The Soul of a PeopleH. Fielding
Three days had passed, and he had not broken his vow—no, not in one jot or tittle.
The Nebuly CoatJohn Meade Falkner
And what have they to offer thee which are worth the least tittle of that which she would have given thee?
ThaisAnatole France
But there was not a tittle of evidence against them, and they were discharged.
Tom GerrardLouis Becke
She had no desire to keep from his knowledge any tittle of what had occurred.
Miss MackenzieAnthony Trollope
tittle
- a small mark in printing or writing, esp a diacritic
- a jot; particle
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Word Origin for tittle
C14: from Medieval Latin titulus label, from Latin: title
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Word Origin and History for 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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