Tityre-tu

noun \ ¦titərē¦t(y)ü \

Definition of Tityre-tu

plural -s

: one of a gang of roistering brawling young blades in 17th century London similar to the Mohocks

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Origin and Etymology of tityre-tu

from Latin Tityre tu (patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi) Tityrus, thou reclining beneath the shelter of the spreading beech tree, opening line of the 1st Eclogue of Vergil; from their being regarded as wealthy and idle