tittlebatn.

Brit.

/ˈtɪtlbat/, U.S.

/ˈtɪd(ə)lˌbæt/

Forms:

α. 1700s– tittlebat, 1800s– tiddlebat.

β. 1800s ticklebat.

γ. 1800s tittleback.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: stickleback n.

Etymology: Variant of stickleback n.With the second element in the α. and β. forms compare the α. and β. forms at bat n.¹ With the first element in the α. and γ. forms compare the β. forms at stickleback n.

English regional. Now rare.

A stickleback (family Gasterosteidae).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Gasterosteidae > member of (stickleback)

sticklinga1400

stitlingc1425

sticklebacka1475

shaftling1558

sharpling1558

stansticklea1637

hackle1655

pricklefish1668

prickling1668

jack sharp?1758

tittlebat1781

Jack Sharpnails1787

thorny-back1811

struttle1821

bandie1825

tinker1833

thornback1859

tiddler1885

1781 J. Porter Remarks Bloachee, Brodia & Arabian Coasts 15 In the hot Baths..there are great numbers of little fishes, about the size of what they call Tittlebats in England.

1820 L. Hunt & J. Keats A Now in Indicator 28 June 301 They..bathe all day long in rivers and ponds, and follow the fish into cool corners, and say millions of ‘My eyes!’ at ‘tittle-bats’.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) i. 2 There sat the man who had..agitated the scientific world with his Theory of Tittlebats.

1844 W. M. Thackeray Greenwich Whitebait in Misc. Ess. (1885) 430 A fresh dish of tittlebacks or gudgeons.

1869 H. S. Leigh Carols of Cockayne 120 In this brook that flows lazily by I believe that one tittlebat dwells.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 8/1 South-country readers will be interested to learn that jacksharps are the little fishes known to them as sticklebacks or tittlebats.

1963 Times 9 Nov. 9/4 Bacon wrote of a pond as a plash, but these are minor matters, and bring chiefly tittle-bats to mind.

Derivatives

tittleˈbatian adj. relating to tittlebats.Apparently an isolated use in quot. 1836, echoed by quot. 2015.

ΚΠ

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) i. 3 He had felt some pride when he presented his Tittlebatian Theory to the world.

2015 S. Jarvis Death & Mr. Pickwick (new ed.) 384 At home, undeterred by those who would scoff at tittlebatian research, Mr Pickwick sat beside a glass vessel, which resembled a demijohn for cider.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tittlebat
释义	tittlebatn. Brit. /ˈtɪtlbat/, U.S. /ˈtɪd(ə)lˌbæt/ Forms: α. 1700s– tittlebat, 1800s– tiddlebat. β. 1800s ticklebat. γ. 1800s tittleback. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: stickleback n. Etymology: Variant of stickleback n.With the second element in the α. and β. forms compare the α. and β. forms at bat n.¹ With the first element in the α. and γ. forms compare the β. forms at stickleback n. English regional. Now rare. A stickleback (family Gasterosteidae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Gasterosteidae > member of (stickleback) sticklinga1400 stitlingc1425 sticklebacka1475 shaftling1558 sharpling1558 stansticklea1637 hackle1655 pricklefish1668 prickling1668 jack sharp?1758 tittlebat1781 Jack Sharpnails1787 thorny-back1811 struttle1821 bandie1825 tinker1833 thornback1859 tiddler1885 1781 J. Porter Remarks Bloachee, Brodia & Arabian Coasts 15 In the hot Baths..there are great numbers of little fishes, about the size of what they call Tittlebats in England. 1820 L. Hunt & J. Keats A Now in Indicator 28 June 301 They..bathe all day long in rivers and ponds, and follow the fish into cool corners, and say millions of ‘My eyes!’ at ‘tittle-bats’. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) i. 2 There sat the man who had..agitated the scientific world with his Theory of Tittlebats. 1844 W. M. Thackeray Greenwich Whitebait in Misc. Ess. (1885) 430 A fresh dish of tittlebacks or gudgeons. 1869 H. S. Leigh Carols of Cockayne 120 In this brook that flows lazily by I believe that one tittlebat dwells. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 8/1 South-country readers will be interested to learn that jacksharps are the little fishes known to them as sticklebacks or tittlebats. 1963 Times 9 Nov. 9/4 Bacon wrote of a pond as a plash, but these are minor matters, and bring chiefly tittle-bats to mind. Derivatives tittleˈbatian adj. relating to tittlebats.Apparently an isolated use in quot. 1836, echoed by quot. 2015. ΚΠ 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) i. 3 He had felt some pride when he presented his Tittlebatian Theory to the world. 2015 S. Jarvis Death & Mr. Pickwick (new ed.) 384 At home, undeterred by those who would scoff at tittlebatian research, Mr Pickwick sat beside a glass vessel, which resembled a demijohn for cider. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1781
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