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English
Etymology
From Middle English dite, ditee, from Old French ditie or dité, from ditier, from Latin dictāre (participle dictatus).
Pronunciation
Noun
ditty (plural ditties)
- A short, simple verse or song.
The Acme mattress ditty has been stuck in my head all day.
1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “(please specify the page)”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: ], →OCLC:And to the warbling lute soft ditties sing.
- A saying or utterance, especially one that is short and frequently repeated.
Translations
Verb
ditty (third-person singular simple present ditties, present participle dittying, simple past and past participle dittied)
- To sing; to warble a little tune.
, George Herbert, edited by [Nicholas Ferrar], The Temple: Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis Green, , →OCLC; reprinted London: Elliot Stock, , 1885, →OCLC:Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes.
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