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tittle

tittle

1 9.9
The small dot above the letters i and j
  • noun
  • /ˈtɪtəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : punto
  • In the printed book, every tittle on the letters 'i' and 'j' was carefully emphasized for clarity.
  • jot and tittle

Examples

  • The calligrapher took great care to create beautiful letters, ensuring each tittle was perfectly positioned.

  • The teacher reminded the students to include every tittle on their handwriting assignments for full marks.

  • 4. Rick Tittle (2)

    Blog text (1)

  • Tittle, tattle, tittle, tattle.

    Tom Jones (1963)

  • But the fact remains: every jot and tittle of Scripture carries only the intended meaning of the author, and the task of the interpreter is to discern what that is.

    Blog text (11)

  • A fundamentalist, who, by definition, believes every jot and tittle of the Bible to be historically accurate and divinely inspired, cannot claim anything but that the acts in passages like those I cited are god-sanctioned uses of violence.

    Blog text (4)

Idioms

jot and tittle
  • Informal
9.9

Every small detail that must be exact

Compounds

tittle-tattle
  • Archaic
8.4

Light, silly talk about other people

Surface Forms

tittle singular
tittles plural

Etymology

The word tittle for the small dot above 'i' and 'j' comes from the old word titulus meaning 'small mark', the same root as title. So a tittle is the tiny mark that helps tell letters apart.