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Tittle is an unusual English word worth knowing if you enjoy odd vocabulary, strong meanings, and memorable phrasing. This guide covers the meaning of tittle, its pronunciation, origin, modern usage, and example sentences in clear, search-friendly language.
Tittle means a very small stroke or mark in writing, especially a tiny distinguishing dot or feature.
Tittle feels absurd because such a tiny physical mark receives a word that sounds oddly cute and serious at once.
From a Latin word meaning a title or inscription, later narrowed in English to a tiny written mark.
Today tittle appears mostly in phrases such as “jot or tittle,” in typography, or in biblical and legal quotation.
Use tittle when discussing exact writing marks, textual precision, or the phrase “not one jot or tittle.”
dot, mark, stroke, detail
blank space, omission, absence
