"bitty" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /bɪti/, [bɪɾi] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bitty.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bittier [comparative], bittiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪti Etymology: bit + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bit|y}} bit + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} bitty (comparative bittier, superlative bittiest)
  1. Containing bits; fragmented.
    Sense id: en-bitty-en-adj-eJZIi847 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 7 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 83 7 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 7 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 93 0 7
  2. Very small. Categories (topical): Size
    Sense id: en-bitty-en-adj-bimYmetD Disambiguation of Size: 0 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bitty box, itty bitty, itty-bitty, litty bitty, litty-bitty

Noun [English]

IPA: /bɪti/, [bɪɾi] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bitty.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bitties [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪti Etymology: bit + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bit|y}} bit + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} bitty (plural bitties)
  1. Alternative form of bittie Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bittie
    Sense id: en-bitty-en-noun-bUxKvsEl

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