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noun
1.
a poem intended to be sung.
2.
a short, simple song.
verb (used without object)
3.
Obsolete. to sing.
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Ditty
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verb (used with object)
4.
Obsolete. to set to or celebrate in music.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English dite < Anglo-French, Old French dit(i)e poem, noun use of past participle of ditier to compose < Latin dictāre; see dictate
1250–1300; Middle English dite < Anglo-French, Old French dit(i)e poem, noun use of past participle of ditier to compose < Latin dictāre; see dictate
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Example Sentences
- It's a charming, melodious ditty and as cute in its staging as a cuckoo clock.
- The ditty above to applies to everyone, scientists and religious believers alike.
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Word Origin & History
ditty
c.1300, from O.Fr. ditie "composition, poem, treatise," from L. dictatum "thing dictated," neut. pp. of dictare "dictate." Ditty bag is 1850s nautical slang, perhaps from Brit. naval phrase commodity bag.
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