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Witted vs Ditted - What's the difference?

witted | ditted |

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

(-)
  • (chiefly, in combination) having a specified form of wit (intellectual ability)

    • Derived terms

    * dull-witted * fine-witted * half-witted * gross-witted * keen-witted * light-witted * quick-witted * sharp-witted * slow-witted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wit)

    • ditted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dit)

    • dit

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ditten, .

    Verb

  • To stop up; block (an opening); close. Cf. Scots dit.
    • Related terms
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    Etymology 2

    Variant of dite.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, rare) A ditty, a little melody.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vi:
    • 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 [...].
  • (obsolete) A word; a decree.

    • Etymology 3

    Imitative.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.

    • See also

    * dah

    Etymology 4

    Old English dyttan, akin to Icelandic ditta.

    Verb

    (ditt)
  • (obsolete) To close up.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 5

    Shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • decimal digit

    • Anagrams

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