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Iota is a related term of iotize.


As a noun iota

is a bank account that earns interest and pays it to a third party, generally a charity; the principal is typically being held in escrow by the accountholder.

As a verb iotize is

(linguistics) to precede a spoken vowel sound with a "y" sound, as the u in "pure" and "cute".

iota

English

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Noun

(en noun)
  • The ninth, and smallest, letter of the Greek alphabet.
    • As a Greek numeral, iota represents ten.
    There are twelve iotas on that page.
  • A jot; a very small, inconsiderable quantity.
  • * Burke
    • They never depart an iota from the authentic formulas of tyranny and usurpation.
    Synonyms
    * (jot) See also .

    Anagrams

    * ----

    iotize

    English

    (Iotation)

    Alternative forms

    * iotise

    Verb

    (transitive)
  • (linguistics) To precede a spoken vowel sound with a "y" sound, as the u in "pure" and "cute".

    • Synonyms

    * iotate (attested 1939 iotated'', 1978 ''iotate )

    Derived terms

    * iotization * iotized

    Related terms

    * iota * iotated * iotation * jot * jod, yod * yodization, yotization

    Usage notes

    The verb form iotize/iotise is exceedingly rare, compared to the participle, noun and adjective forms. The adjective iotified'' is used in the names of several Cyrillic letters in the Unicode standard. Although widely cited, it appears to be a nonce borrowing from Slavic, however, as the corresponding back-formations ''iotify'' and ''iotification are unattested.