| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | dit·ty |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d t  |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. dit·ties
A simple song. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English dite, a literary composition, from Old French dite, from Latin dict tum, thing dictated, from neuter past participle of dictre, to dictate, frequentative of d cere, to say. See deik- in Appendix I.
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