DITTY
What does "DITTY" mean?
A short, simple song or poem, usually light-hearted.
Meanings
- A short and simple song or tune, often catchy or comic. She hummed a little ditty while she washed the dishes.
Did you know?
- A frivolous little 'ditty' shares its root with the stern word 'dictate': both come from Latin 'dictatum', 'a thing dictated'.
Word origin
From Old French 'dité' ('composition, treatise'), from Latin 'dictatum' ('thing dictated'), the neuter past participle of 'dictare' ('to dictate, compose').
Remember it
A DITTY is an itty-bitty song - the rhyme is built right into the word.
A little poem
A tune too small to hold a grief-
so it holds your whole afternoon, instead.
couplet
Wordplay
- I wrote a song so short it only had one verse and no chorus. Critics called it a ditty; I called it efficient.
What it teaches
Not every song needs a symphony's weight; some truths fit best in four light bars.
Quick facts
What does DITTY mean?
A short, simple song or poem, usually light-hearted.
Is DITTY a valid word?
Yes — DITTY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DITTY?
DITTY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does DITTY come from?
From Old French 'dité' ('composition, treatise'), from Latin 'dictatum' ('thing dictated'), the neuter past participle of 'dictare' ('to dictate, compose').
What can DITTY teach us?
Not every song needs a symphony's weight; some truths fit best in four light bars.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.