n. pl. dit·ties A simple song. [Middle English dite, a literary composition, from Old French dite, from Latin dictātum, thing dictated, from neuter past participle of dictāre, to dictate, frequentative of dīcere, to say; see deik- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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