tittle

[ tit-l ]
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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 of tittle

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English titel, Old English titul, from Medieval Latin titulus “inscription, label, ticket, mark over a letter or word.” See title

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How to use tittle in a sentence

  • You recollect that you promised to obtain something—a little tittle-tattle—concerning a lady.

    The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le Queux
  • I don't think my creed contains a jot or tittle beyond this.

    Mystic London: | Charles Maurice Davies
  • Cermigniani 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

tittle

/ (ˈtɪtəl) /


noun
  1. a small mark in printing or writing, esp a diacritic

  2. a jot; particle

Origin of tittle

1
C14: from Medieval Latin titulus label, from Latin: title

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