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tittle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, whit |
| Type of | small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity |
Examples of tittle
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Trivial tittle tattle to keep people entertained whilst preventing them thinking.
From the guardian.co.uk
The governor's comments appear to be based on little more than tittle-tattle.
From the online.wsj.com
What these documents add is gossip and tittle-tattle between the negotiators.
From the guardian.co.uk
Tittle-tattle inspired by the anti-trade union Murdoch rag matters not a jot.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
In the Greek original translated as Englishjot and tittle is found iota and keraia.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Brady is clearly uninterested in dirtying his hands with such tittle-tattle.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Only the aberrant fundamentalist will take every jot and tittle to be literally true.
From the markvernon.com
Does this sad world need yet another helping of salacious Rooseveltian tittle-tattle?
From the washingtontimes.com
It means that celebrity tittle-tattle does not impinge on the conduct of public affairs.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
- Shred: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- A tittle is a small distinguishing mark, such as a diacritic or the dot on a lowercase i or j. The tittle is an integral part of the glyph of i and j, but diacritic dots can appear over other letters in various languages. ...
- Tittle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Tittling is a municipality in the district of Passau in Bavaria in Germany.
- A small, insignificant amount (of something); a vanishing scintilla; a measly crumb; a minute speck; Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or if a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j
- A point, (Mat 5:18; Luk 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.
- A dot or other small mark in writing or printing, used as a diacritic or punctuation. Also, any very small thing or any insignificant amount, as a particle, jot, or whit. See bang. [nb: "It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her i's, to save ink. ...
- Noun - 1. a dot or other small mark used as a diacritic 2. a very small particle; iota; jot (N.B. a diacritic is a diacritical mark; such a mark is any of various marks, as a macron or cedilla, added to a letter or symbol to indicate its pronunciation or to distinguish it in some way)
