jot

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verb (used with object),jot·ted, jot·ting.
  1. to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed by down): Jot down his license number.

noun
  1. the least part of something; a little bit: I don't care a jot.

Idioms about jot

  1. not a jot or tittle, not a bit; not at all: The world situation matters not a jot or tittle to him.

Origin of jot

1
1520–30; earlier iot, iote<Latin iōta<Greek iôtaiota

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How to use jot in a sentence

  • It is therefore our duty, sir, to protect our principal, and we cannot consent to abate one jot or tittle of our rights.

  • Quarrel in her presence he could not, nor add one jot to the burden which he felt sure she must bear as the consort of such a man.

  • If you belonged to a club, you could get a much better supper at the same hour, and lose not a jot in public esteem.

    Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Mrs. Gillis had cleared a side table where Davy, in his high chair, could jot down the items that he would use in his talk.

    David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
  • His arched eyebrows were lifted, and he was smiling as unconcernedly as if the subject in hand touched himself no jot.

    A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) | Frances Eleanor Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for jot

jot

/ (dʒɒt) /


verbjots, jotting or jotted
  1. (tr usually foll by down) to write a brief note of

noun
  1. (used with a negative) a little bit (in phrases such as not to care (or give) a jot)

Origin of jot

1
C16: from Latin jota, from Greek iōta, of Semitic origin; see iota

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