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单词 jot
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jotn.1

Brit. /dʒɒt/, U.S. /dʒɑt/
Forms: α. 1500s–1600s iote, (1500s ioate, Scottish ioyt, ioit), 1600s jote; β. 1500s–1600s iot, (1500s iott(e, 1600s jott), 1600s– jot.
Etymology: < Latin iōta (read as jōta , compare Spanish jota , German jota and jot , jodt , jott ), < Greek ἰῶτα name of the letter I, ι, the smallest in the alphabet; see iota n. The 16th cent. iote is shown by the metrical quots. to have been monosyllabic, i.e. = jōte.
The least letter or written part of any writing; hence, generally, the very least or a very little part, point, or amount; a whit. Often in the phrase jot or tittle: see quot. 1526. (Usually with negative expressed or implied.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > the smallest amount > a jot
cornc888
grotc888
prickleOE
prickOE
pointc1300
grain1377
hair1377
motec1390
twynt1399
mitec1400
tarec1405
drop1413
ace?1440
tittlea1450
whita1450
jot1526
Jack1530
plack1530
farthingc1540
minima1585
scintil1599
atom1626
scintillation1650
punct1653
doit1660
scintilla1674
rap1792
haet1802
dottle1808
smiggot1823
hooter1839
heartbeat1855
pick1866
filament1868
hoot1878
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > small piece > very small piece
pointc1300
smitc1330
tittlea1450
scraplet1519
jot1526
splinter1609
bitling1674
shredling1674
frustulum1700
rissom1808
smitch1822
fractionlet1830
scrapling1843
pick1866
parcel1873
scrappet1901
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. v. 18 One iott or one tytle [ Wyclif oon. i. or titil] of the lawe shall not scape.
1538 Bale God's Promises iii, in Dodsley O. Pl. I I wyll not one iote, Lorde, from thy wyll dyssent.
a1554 J. Croke tr. Eccles. i. in Thirteen Psalms (1844) 48 There shall remayne of theym no iote.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Good Works i Not giltie of transgressing any iot of Gods law.
1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome ii. f. 19v And Ioseph ruled Egypt well, obseruing euery iotte Of Moyses lawe, and chastly kept his minde from any spotte.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 107 Yf, in any joyt, he sufferred the authoritie of the Pape to be violated.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xii. 704 Not breaking one ioate of their order.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 303 This bond doth giue thee heere no iote [1623 iot] of blood. View more context for this quotation
1652 Row Let. 27 May in Hist. Kirk Scotl. App. iii. (Wodrow Soc.) 545 Befor I brake my word in a jote to you.
1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 200 I swear I will not lie a jott.
1768 H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 31 The Solomon that succeeded him was not a jot less a tyrant.
1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 80 He seems never to have..abated one jot of his claim.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

jotn.2

Etymology: < jot v.1
Obsolete. rare.
A jolt.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > jolt
jolt1632
jot1647
jumble1674
squat1675
jounce1784
1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. ii. xxxix Frequent jot Of his hard setting jade.
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jotn.3

Etymology: Origin and meaning obscure: compare jolthead and joppe n.
Obsolete. rare.
? A person of small intelligence, or of low condition.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [noun]
gadlinga1300
geggea1300
churlc1300
filec1300
jot1362
scoutc1380
beggara1400
carla1400
turnbroach14..
villainc1400
gnoffc1405
fellowc1425
cavelc1430
haskardc1487
hastardc1489
foumart1508
strummel?a1513
knapper1513
hogshead?1518
jockeya1529
dreng1535
sneakbill1546
Jack1548
rag1566
scald1575
huddle and twang1578
sneaksby1580
companion1581
lowling1581
besognier1584
patchcock1596
grill1597
sneaksbill1602
scum1607
turnspit1607
cocoloch1610
compeer1612
dust-worm1621
besonioa1625
world-worma1625
besognea1652
gippo1651
Jacky1653
mechanic1699
fustya1732
grub-worm1752
raff1778
person1782
rough scuff1816
spalpeen1817
bum1825
sculpin1834
soap-lock1840
tinka1843
'Arry1874
scruff1896
scruffo1959
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xi. 301 Souteris and seweris suche lewide iottis [v.r. iuttis] Percen wiþ a pater noster þe paleis of heuene. [So B. x. 460 iottes, iuttes.]
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jotv.1

Brit. /dʒɒt/, U.S. /dʒɑt/
Etymology: apparently onomatopoeic: compare jog v., jopper v. The final t naturally expresses sudden interruption of action. For relation to jolt v., see that verb.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
To jog, jolt, bump.
a. transitive. (The first quot. is doubtful.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > cause to move suddenly [verb (transitive)] > jolt
jouncec1440
jot1530
hatter1825
jolt1837
a1425 Langl.'s P. Pl. A. ii. 157 (MS. Trin. Coll. Camb. R. 3. 14) Fabulers and Faytours as Folis iotten [v.r. Þat on Fote rennen].]
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 593/1 I iotte, I touche one thynge agaynst another..What nedest thou to iotte me with thyne elbowe?
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxiv. 45 Nowe is iuste iustice, so iotted out of iointe.
1640 tr. J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Reserata (new ed.) xlii. §453 A trotter jotteth [margin shaketh] the rider.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Jot, Jotter, to jolt roughly.
b. intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (intransitive)] > jog or jolt to and fro or up and down
jouncec1440
jog1586
fig1595
jig1604
jopper1607
jot?1611
squirt1611
jeta1635
jolt1788
jigget1818
jig-a-jig1840
jolter1864
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvi. 360 Numbers beneath their axle-trees..Made th' after chariots jot and jump in driving over them.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

jotv.2

Brit. /dʒɒt/, U.S. /dʒɑt/
Etymology: apparently < jot n.1: the original sense being probably to make the smallest mark with pen or pencil. Compare dot v.1 5. Apparently originally Scots, and in English familiarized by Scott and writers in Blackwood.
transitive. To write down in the briefest and most hasty form, to make a short note or jotting of. Usually to jot down; the simple vb. is rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > write down hastily
slap1672
to run off1680
dash1726
jot1735
dash off, out1786
dot1797
splash1897
1735 A. Ramsay Addr. Thanks from Society of Rakes 6 What will they have to crack about, Or jot into their journal?
1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Jot, to set down; to make a memorandum of. Modern.
1822 J. Galt Provost xxxv. 254 Many of the things that I have herein jotted down.
1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 12 Feb. (1941) 22 I have jotted down his evidence elsewhere.
1827 Blackwood's Mag. 22 451 All the jottings that ever were jotted down on his jot-book, by the most inveterate jotter.
1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. xi. 165 Rude sketches of trees, rocks, and other materials of future pictures. These were evidently jotted down during his rambles.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. III. 130 He must have jotted down a mass.
1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew lxxvii. 6 The Lord he sal count whan he jots the folk that siclike was born tharin.
1890 C. Gross Gild Merchant II. 241 Accounts..too roughly jotted down to be very intelligible.

Derivatives

ˈjotty adj. of the nature of jottings or fragmentary notes.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > written text > [adjective] > jotting
jotty1844
1844 H. Taylor Let. in Autobiogr. (1885) II. ii. 10 Reading Alice's jotty journal.
1888 G. J. Holyoake in Co-operative News 8 Sept. 9/1 The narrative is dreadfully jotty, jerky and confused.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

jotv.3

Brit. /dʒɒt/, U.S. /dʒɑt/
Variant or error for jet v.1, to strut.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > in stately or affected manner
prancea1398
jeta1400
prankc1450
strut1518
stalk1530
jotc1560
brank1568
piaffe1593
strit1597
swagger1600
stretch1619
prig1623
flutter1690
prink1696
jut1763
strunt1789
straddle1802
major1814
cakewalk1890
sashay1968
c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) iv. 81 Moir gentrice is to jott vndir ane silkin goun, Nor ane quhyt pittecott, and reddyar ay boun.
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