Witted vs Ditted - What's the difference?
witted | ditted |
(chiefly, in combination) having a specified form of wit (intellectual ability)
(wit)
(dit)
To stop up; block (an opening); close. Cf. Scots dit.
(archaic, rare) A ditty, a little melody.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vi:
(obsolete) A word; a decree.
As verbs the difference between witted and ditted
is that witted is (wit) while ditted is (dit).As an adjective witted
is (chiefly|in combination) having a specified form of wit (intellectual ability).witted
English
Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* dull-witted * fine-witted * half-witted * gross-witted * keen-witted * light-witted * quick-witted * sharp-witted * slow-wittedVerb
(head)ditted
English
Verb
(head)dit
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ditten, .Verb
Etymology 2
Variant of dite.Noun
(en noun)- No bird, but did her shrill notes sweetly sing; / No song but did containe a louely dit : / Trees, braunches, birds, and songs were framed fit [...].