bitsy

adj — 2 senses

bitsy

adj

/ˈbɪtsi/

Etymology From bits + -y.

1

Fragmented.

2

Very small, tiny.

  • The models are all made to scale — twelve inches for our big new battle wagons and the carriers; the older battleships and the others, cruisers, destroyers, get littler and littler, down to the bitsiest ones.1994, Josette Dermody Wingo, Mother Was a Gunner's Mate: World War II in the Waves, published 2000, page 25:
  • 1995, J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts), Glory in Death, 2000, unnumbered page, He never leaves anything out, not the tiniest memo, the bitsiest note.
1 more example
  • “It won′t be making the bitsiest bit of difference, Fielder.[…]”2001, Eugene Cunningham, Gun Bulldogger, page 34:
Derived terms
itsy-bitsy, itsy bitsy

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