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tid·bit

   [tid-bit]
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; tide1 (in sense “feast day”) + bit2
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tidbit (ˈtɪdˌbɪt)
 
—n
the usual US spelling of titbit

titbit or esp (US) tidbit (ˈtɪtˌbɪt)
 
—n
1.  a tasty small piece of food; dainty
2.  a pleasing scrap of anything, such as scandal
 
[C17: perhaps from dialect tid tender, of obscure origin]
 
tidbit or esp (US) tidbit
 
—n
 
[C17: perhaps from dialect tid tender, of obscure origin]

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tidbit
c.1640, probably from dialectal tid "fond, solicitous, tender" + bit "morsel."
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