Definitions
a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
Word origin
From Middle English tytle, titel, titele, from Anglo-Norman titil, titule and Medieval Latin titulus (“small stroke, diacritical mark, accent”), from Latin titulus (“title”). Doublet of tilde, titer/titre, title, titlo, and titulus.
Used in a sentence
“The foure pricks or tittles are these. The first is a full prick or period. The second is a comma or crooked tittle.”
“The words "jot" and "tittle" in this passage refer to diacritic marks, that is, dashes, dots, or commas added to a letter to accentuate the pronunciation.”
“(the page calls both "a superscript sign (hooklike)" and also a diacritical abbreviation of "er" (er) "tittles")”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Tiny mark”6 letters
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