tittle

tit·tle

noun \ˈti-t^əl\

Definition of TITTLE

1

: a point or small sign used as a diacritical mark in writing or printing

2

: a very small part

Examples of TITTLE

1. <we have examined every last tittle of evidence available and can find nothing to support his claims>
2. <there's not a tittle of sense in that book>

Origin of TITTLE

Middle English titel, from Medieval Latin titulus, from Latin, title

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to TITTLE

Synonyms: atom, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, nugget, particle, patch, scrap, scruple, snip, snippet, speck, bit

Related Words: ace, dab, dash, driblet, drop, fraction, haet [chiefly Scottish], halfpenny, ha'penny, iota, jot, kenning [chiefly Scottish], lick, minim, mite, modicum, nutshell, ounce, pinch, shred, smatter, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), spot, strain, streak, suspicion, taste, touch, trace, whisper, whit; bite, mouthful, nibble, tidbit (also titbit); fragment, part, portion, section; chip, flake, shard, shiver, sliver, splinter; clipping, paring, shaving; smithereens

Near Antonyms: chunk, gob, hunk, lump, slab; abundance, barrel, bucket, bushel, deal, heaps, loads, mass, mountain, peck, pile, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, scads, stack, volume, wad, wealth

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Other Printing Terms

epigraph, errata, leader, mechanical, notch, underscore, widow

Rhymes with TITTLE

brittle, kittle, little, skittle, spital, spittle, victual, whittle, wittol