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–noun
1.
a delicate bit or morsel of food.
2.
a choice or pleasing bit of anything, as news or gossip.
Also,
especially British
,
titbit.
Origin:
1630–40;
tide
1
(in sense “feast day”) +
bit
2
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tid·bit
(tĭd'bĭt')
n. A choice morsel, as of gossip or food:
"The book is chock-full of colorful tidbits about theater and theater people"
(Alec Guinness).
[Perhaps obsolete and dialectal
tid
,
tender
+
bit
1
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
tidbit
c.1640, probably from dialectal
tid
"fond, solicitous, tender" +
bit
"morsel."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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