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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tee•to•tum (tē tō′təm),USA pronunciation n. - Gamesany small top spun with the fingers.
- Gamesa kind of die having four sides, each marked with a different initial letter, spun with the fingers in an old game of chance.
- Latin tōtum, neuter of tōtus all) by prefixing its initial letter, which appeared on one side of the toy
- earlier T totum, alteration of totum name of toy (1710–20
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: teetotum /tiːˈtəʊtəm/ n archaic - a spinning top bearing letters of the alphabet on its four sides
Etymology: 18th Century: from T totum, from T initial inscribed on one of the faces + totum the name of the toy, from Latin tōtum the whole |