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tittle

/ˈtɪt.əl/ noun

Latin root: titulus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tittle at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.

Origin

From Middle English tytle, titel, titele, from Anglo-Norman titil, titule and Medieval Latin titulus (“small stroke, diacritical mark, accent”), from Latin titulus (“title”). Doublet of tilde, titer/titre, title, titlo, and titulus.

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