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tit⋅tle

[tit-l]
–noun
1. a dot or other small mark in writing or printing, used as a diacritic, punctuation, etc.
2. a very small part or quantity; a particle, jot, or whit: He said he didn't care a tittle.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME titel, OE titul < ML titulus mark over letter or word. See title
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tit·tle   (tĭt'l)   
n.  
  1. A small diacritic mark, such as an accent, vowel mark, or dot over an i.

  2. The tiniest bit; an iota.


[Middle English titil, from Medieval Latin titulus, diacritical mark, from Latin, title, superscription.]
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Word Origin & History

tittle 
1382, "small stroke or point in writing," representing L. apex in L.L. sense of "accent mark over a vowel," borrowed (perhaps by infl. of Prov. titule "the dot over -i-") from L. titulus "inscription, heading."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Tittle

a point, (Matt. 5:18; Luke 16:17), the minute point or stroke added to some letters of the Hebrew alphabet to distinguish them from others which they resemble; hence, the very least point.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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