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

Other Printing Terms

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

Rhymes with TITTLE

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