dit meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

dit

verb

/dɪt/

Etymology From Middle English ditten, dütten, from Old English dyttan (“to stop up, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *duttijan, from Proto-Germanic *duttijaną, from *duttaz (“wisp”), akin to Icelandic dytta. Related to Old English dott (“dot, point”). More at dot.

Northern England, UK, Dialectal To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit).

Obsolete To close up.

that I would haue thought my sincere plainnesse in that first part vpon that subiect, should haue ditted the mouth of the most enuious Momus1599, James VI and I, Basilikon Doron:

Related terms: dottle

dit

noun

Etymology Variant of dite.

Obsolete, Rare A ditty, a little melody.

No bird, but did her shrill notes sweetly sing; / No song but did containe a louely dit: / Trees, braunches, birds, and songs were framed fit [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Obsolete A word; a decree.

dit

adj

Etymology From French dit (“called”). Doublet of ditto.

Canada, Obsolete Indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French.

Related terms: on dit, dit da jow

dit

noun

Etymology Imitative.

The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.

Related terms: dah

dit

noun

Etymology Shortening.

Computing, Engineering, Information theory, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences decimal digit

Derived terms: qudit

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