dittyn.

Brit.

/ˈdɪti/, U.S.

/ˈdɪdi/

Forms: Middle English dittee, Middle English dite, ditee, dyte, dytee, (Middle English dete, dety, dytte), 1500s–1600s ditie, dittie, (1500s detie, diti, ditte, dytie, dytty), 1500s– ditty. β. Middle English dictee, dyctee, 1500s dictie, dyctye.

Etymology: Middle English dite , ditee , < Old French dité, ditté, originally ditié, in 17th cent. dictié , composition, treatise < Latin dictātum thing dictated, lesson, exercise, neuter past participle of dictāre to dictate v.

†1. A composition; a treatise: = dite n.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun]

i-writeOE

bookOE

writOE

workOE

pagine?c1225

lettrurec1330

dite1340

inditing1340

writing1340

scripta1350

dittya1387

stylea1400

scriptiona1425

framec1475

invention1484

piece1533

ditement1556

paperwork1577

composition1603

confection1605

composure?1606

page?1606

the written word1619

performance1665

literature1852

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 361 Ditee of Troye, þe whiche he [Aristotle] bytook Alisaundre [Higd. Iliadis dictamen quod dedit Alexandro.]

c1400 Rom. Rose 5289 Of this unyte spak Tulius in a ditee [Cicero De Amicitia].

a. A composition intended to be set to music and sung; a song, lay; now, a short simple song; often used of the songs of birds, or applied depreciatively.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung

songeOE

wordseOE

leothOE

laya1240

dittya1300

ditea1325

ode1579

dit1590

canton1594

canto1603

a1300 Sat. People Kildare ix, in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 154 Swiþe wel ȝe vnder-stode þat makid þis ditee so gode.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxv. 20 That singeth dites with peruerted herte.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xv. 1 Thanne Moyses soong..this ditee to the Lord.

c1485 Digby Myst. iv. 795 Sum dolorose ditee.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxx. 47 All the commended fourmes of the auncient Poesie, which we..do imitate and vse vnder these common names: enterlude, song, ballade, caroll and ditty.

1599 W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. C For she [sc. the lark] doth welcome daylight with her ditte.

1625 Gonsalvio's Inquis. 194 Filthie and slanderous dities sung by boyes in his dispraise.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 584 To the Harp they sung Soft amorous Ditties .

1712 J. Henley Spectator No. 396. ⁋2 Penning a Catch or a Ditty, instead of inditing Odes, and Sonnets.

a1800 W. Cowper Poplar Field iii The blackbird has fled..And the scene..Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 69 Distinct the martial ditty flowed.

1885 R. Buchanan Annan Water xxv After each ditty she went round with a plate collecting coppers.

†b. Any composition in verse; a poem, ballad.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > [noun]

yedOE

metrea1375

dittya1387

poesya1387

poemc1487

indite1501

posy1575

metro1619

pomec1820

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 309 A Greek..usede to make noble ditees in preysinge of Cesar.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 25 The aureat dytees..Of Omerus in Grece.

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Av My dytyes indyted, may counsell many one.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 181 Our poet in his short ditties..will..conclude..his Epigram with a verse or two, spoken in such sort, as [etc.].

1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth 109 Not the worste of the heathen Emperors, made that monefull dittye on his deathbed.

†3. The words of a song, as distinguished from the music or tune; also, the leading theme or phrase; hence, Subject, matter, theme, ‘burden’.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [noun] > lyrics

wordseOE

ditty1552

recitative1659

testo1724

lyric1876

pop lyric1960

verbal1964

bars1994

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dittye synger, or he that beareth y^e fote of the song, præsentor.

1561 Iniunctions Bishop of Norwich sig. B.iii That the songe in the Churche be..so deuised and vsed that the ditte may plainly be vnderstand.

1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xiii. v Still, therefore, of thy graces shall be my Songs ditty.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iii. 40 There was no great matter in the dittie, yet y^e note was very vntunable.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 175 The Dity of that hymne, or Caroll, [was] Peace on earth.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 485 Hymnes and Spirituall Songs, where Humane Invention cometh in for Ditty and Notes.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 8 To be dissolved, and be with Christ, was his dying ditty.

†4. That which is said; speech. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [noun] > that which is or can be spoken

speechc897

saw9..

speech971

wordOE

quideOE

wordsOE

wordOE

thingOE

rouna1225

mouthc1225

queatha1250

breathc1300

reasonc1300

speakingsa1325

swarec1325

saying1340

voicec1350

lorea1375

sermonc1385

carpc1400

gear1415

utterancec1454

parol1474

ditty1483

say1571

said1578

dictumc1586

palabra1600

breathing1606

bringinga1616

elocution?1637

rumblea1680

elocutive1821

vocability1841

deliverance1845

deliverment1850

deliverancy1853

verbalization1858

voicing1888

sayable1937

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 275/2 Whan he spack for his frende he attempred soo the maner of his dytee that he was not ouer hastyng hym self.

†5. = dittay n. (Anglicized spelling of the Scots Law term.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > a charge, accusation, or allegation > criminal charge

ditty1634

pinch1900

rap1903

1634 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 134 If you can learn a ditty against C., try, and cause try, that ye may see the Lord's righteous judgement upon the devil's instruments.

1657 G. Hutcheson Expos. John iii. 17 Albeit Christ may be eventually for the falling of many, and his coming will afford sad matter of ditty against them.

a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 47 The Scottish Bishops..did accuse the Earl of Traquair..and gave in great Ditties against him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† dittyv.

Etymology: < ditty n.: compare Old French ditier to write, compose, dite n.¹

Obsolete.

1. intransitive. To sing a ditty; transitive to sing as a ditty; also, to celebrate in song.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > sing jovially

carolc1369

knacka1529

ditty1602

trollolla1734

chirrup1775

lilt1787

troll1879

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (transitive)] > sing jovially

troll1574

ditty1602

lilt17..

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. ii. sig. D Such songs..I often dittied till my boy did sleepe.

1633 G. Herbert Providence in Temple iii Beasts fain would sing; birds dittie to their notes.

2. transitive. To fit or adapt words to (music): cf. ditty n. 2.

ΚΠ

1597¹ [see dittying n. at Derivatives]. 1797 [see dittied adj. at Derivatives].

Derivatives

ˈdittied adj.

ΚΠ

1637 J. Milton Comus 4 With his soft Pipe, and smooth-dittied Song.

1768 S. Bentley River Dove 8 Heard is the love-ditty'd Strain.

1797 T. Park Sonnets 97 Many a little dittied tale.

ˈdittying n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > [noun] > arranging > specific

dittying1597

contrafactum1940

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > jovial or light singing

trolling1574

caroling1596

dittying1597

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 178 One of the greatest absurdities which I haue seene committed in the dittying of musicke.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 172 You must have an especiall care of causing your parts [of a ditty] giue place one to another..nor can you cause them rest till they haue expressed that part of the dittying which they haue begun.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. viii. 3 Which bears the under-song unto your chearfull dittying.

1633 P. Fletcher Poeticall Misc. 65 in Purple Island My Fusca's eyes, my Fusca's beauty dittying.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	ditty
释义	dittyn. Brit. /ˈdɪti/, U.S. /ˈdɪdi/ Forms: Middle English dittee, Middle English dite, ditee, dyte, dytee, (Middle English dete, dety, dytte), 1500s–1600s ditie, dittie, (1500s detie, diti, ditte, dytie, dytty), 1500s– ditty. β. Middle English dictee, dyctee, 1500s dictie, dyctye. Etymology: Middle English dite , ditee , < Old French dité, ditté, originally ditié, in 17th cent. dictié , composition, treatise < Latin dictātum thing dictated, lesson, exercise, neuter past participle of dictāre to dictate v. †1. A composition; a treatise: = dite n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] i-writeOE bookOE writOE workOE pagine?c1225 lettrurec1330 dite1340 inditing1340 writing1340 scripta1350 dittya1387 stylea1400 scriptiona1425 framec1475 invention1484 piece1533 ditement1556 paperwork1577 composition1603 confection1605 composure?1606 page?1606 the written word1619 performance1665 literature1852 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 361 Ditee of Troye, þe whiche he [Aristotle] bytook Alisaundre [Higd. Iliadis dictamen quod dedit Alexandro.] c1400 Rom. Rose 5289 Of this unyte spak Tulius in a ditee [Cicero De Amicitia]. 2. a. A composition intended to be set to music and sung; a song, lay; now, a short simple song; often used of the songs of birds, or applied depreciatively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung songeOE wordseOE leothOE laya1240 dittya1300 ditea1325 ode1579 dit1590 canton1594 canto1603 a1300 Sat. People Kildare ix, in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 154 Swiþe wel ȝe vnder-stode þat makid þis ditee so gode. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxv. 20 That singeth dites with peruerted herte. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xv. 1 Thanne Moyses soong..this ditee to the Lord. c1485 Digby Myst. iv. 795 Sum dolorose ditee. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxx. 47 All the commended fourmes of the auncient Poesie, which we..do imitate and vse vnder these common names: enterlude, song, ballade, caroll and ditty. 1599 W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. C For she [sc. the lark] doth welcome daylight with her ditte. 1625 Gonsalvio's Inquis. 194 Filthie and slanderous dities sung by boyes in his dispraise. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 584 To the Harp they sung Soft amorous Ditties . View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Henley Spectator No. 396. ⁋2 Penning a Catch or a Ditty, instead of inditing Odes, and Sonnets. a1800 W. Cowper Poplar Field iii The blackbird has fled..And the scene..Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 69 Distinct the martial ditty flowed. 1885 R. Buchanan Annan Water xxv After each ditty she went round with a plate collecting coppers. †b. Any composition in verse; a poem, ballad. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > [noun] yedOE metrea1375 dittya1387 poesya1387 poemc1487 indite1501 posy1575 metro1619 pomec1820 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 309 A Greek..usede to make noble ditees in preysinge of Cesar. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 25 The aureat dytees..Of Omerus in Grece. ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Av My dytyes indyted, may counsell many one. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 181 Our poet in his short ditties..will..conclude..his Epigram with a verse or two, spoken in such sort, as [etc.]. 1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth 109 Not the worste of the heathen Emperors, made that monefull dittye on his deathbed. †3. The words of a song, as distinguished from the music or tune; also, the leading theme or phrase; hence, Subject, matter, theme, ‘burden’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [noun] > lyrics wordseOE ditty1552 recitative1659 testo1724 lyric1876 pop lyric1960 verbal1964 bars1994 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dittye synger, or he that beareth y^e fote of the song, præsentor. 1561 Iniunctions Bishop of Norwich sig. B.iii That the songe in the Churche be..so deuised and vsed that the ditte may plainly be vnderstand. 1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xiii. v Still, therefore, of thy graces shall be my Songs ditty. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iii. 40 There was no great matter in the dittie, yet y^e note was very vntunable. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 175 The Dity of that hymne, or Caroll, [was] Peace on earth. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 485 Hymnes and Spirituall Songs, where Humane Invention cometh in for Ditty and Notes. a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 8 To be dissolved, and be with Christ, was his dying ditty. †4. That which is said; speech. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] > that which is or can be spoken speechc897 saw9.. speech971 wordOE quideOE wordsOE wordOE thingOE rouna1225 mouthc1225 queatha1250 breathc1300 reasonc1300 speakingsa1325 swarec1325 saying1340 voicec1350 lorea1375 sermonc1385 carpc1400 gear1415 utterancec1454 parol1474 ditty1483 say1571 said1578 dictumc1586 palabra1600 breathing1606 bringinga1616 elocution?1637 rumblea1680 elocutive1821 vocability1841 deliverance1845 deliverment1850 deliverancy1853 verbalization1858 voicing1888 sayable1937 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 275/2 Whan he spack for his frende he attempred soo the maner of his dytee that he was not ouer hastyng hym self. †5. = dittay n. (Anglicized spelling of the Scots Law term.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > a charge, accusation, or allegation > criminal charge ditty1634 pinch1900 rap1903 1634 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 134 If you can learn a ditty against C., try, and cause try, that ye may see the Lord's righteous judgement upon the devil's instruments. 1657 G. Hutcheson Expos. John iii. 17 Albeit Christ may be eventually for the falling of many, and his coming will afford sad matter of ditty against them. a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 47 The Scottish Bishops..did accuse the Earl of Traquair..and gave in great Ditties against him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † dittyv. Etymology: < ditty n.: compare Old French ditier to write, compose, dite n.¹ Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To sing a ditty; transitive to sing as a ditty; also, to celebrate in song. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > sing jovially carolc1369 knacka1529 ditty1602 trollolla1734 chirrup1775 lilt1787 troll1879 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (transitive)] > sing jovially troll1574 ditty1602 lilt17.. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. ii. sig. D Such songs..I often dittied till my boy did sleepe. 1633 G. Herbert Providence in Temple iii Beasts fain would sing; birds dittie to their notes. 2. transitive. To fit or adapt words to (music): cf. ditty n. 2. ΚΠ 1597¹ [see dittying n. at Derivatives]. 1797 [see dittied adj. at Derivatives]. Derivatives ˈdittied adj. ΚΠ 1637 J. Milton Comus 4 With his soft Pipe, and smooth-dittied Song. 1768 S. Bentley River Dove 8 Heard is the love-ditty'd Strain. 1797 T. Park Sonnets 97 Many a little dittied tale. ˈdittying n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > [noun] > arranging > specific dittying1597 contrafactum1940 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > jovial or light singing trolling1574 caroling1596 dittying1597 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 178 One of the greatest absurdities which I haue seene committed in the dittying of musicke. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 172 You must have an especiall care of causing your parts [of a ditty] giue place one to another..nor can you cause them rest till they haue expressed that part of the dittying which they haue begun. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. viii. 3 Which bears the under-song unto your chearfull dittying. 1633 P. Fletcher Poeticall Misc. 65 in Purple Island My Fusca's eyes, my Fusca's beauty dittying. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1300v.1597
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