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jot·ting

[jot-ing]
noun
1.
the act of a person who jots.
2.
a quickly written or brief note; memorandum.

Origin:
1800–10; jot + -ing1

jot·ty, adjective

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jot

[jot] verb, jot·ted, jot·ting, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed by down): Jot down his license number.
noun
2.
the least part of something; a little bit: I don't care a jot.
3.
not a jot or tittle, not a bit; not at all: The world situation matters not a jot or tittle to him.

Origin:
1520–30; earlier iot, iote < Latin iōta < Greek iôta iota
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jotting (ˈdʒɒtɪŋ)
 
n
something jotted down

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jot
1526, borrowing of L. jota, variant spelling of Gk. iota "the letter -i-, the smallest letter in the alphabet, hence the least part of anything. The verb "to make a short note of" is attested from 1721.
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