tittle
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.
Origin of tittle
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How to use tittle in a sentence
Mustique is famous for the omertà that ensures that very little celebrity tittle-tattle ever makes it off the island.
The story is just “tittle-tattle” and it will all “blow over,” he told the BBC.
Why Prince Harry’s Nude Photos Are a Disaster for Charles | Tom Sykes | August 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMustique is also famous for the omertà that ensures that very little celebrity tittle-tattle ever makes it off the island.
William and Kate Bask in Mustique Privacy on Holiday With Middletons | Tom Sykes | January 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe ideal is not a thing to be clutched at, or taken by force, but all of the conditions—every tittle—must be fulfilled.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayIt is therefore our duty, sir, to protect our principal, and we cannot consent to abate one jot or tittle of our rights.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James Wills
You recollect that you promised to obtain something—a little tittle-tattle—concerning a lady.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxI don't think my creed contains a jot or tittle beyond this.
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice DaviesCermigniani and Melillo were listening to the brilliant tittle-tattle of Bencini, with his cackling speech and his dry laugh.
The conquest of Rome | Matilde Serao
British Dictionary definitions for tittle
/ (ˈtɪtəl) /
a small mark in printing or writing, esp a diacritic
a jot; particle
Origin of tittle
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