"bitty" meaning in English

See bitty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bitty.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bittier [comparative], bittiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪti Etymology: From bit + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|bit|-y|text=+|tree=1}} From 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 terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 54 15 31
  2. Very small.
    Sense id: en-bitty-en-adj-bimYmetD Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Size Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 32 48 20 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 34 45 21 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 35 44 20 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 34 46 20 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 71 11 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 76 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 85 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 88 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 12 83 5 Disambiguation of Size: 0 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bittily, bittiness, bitty box, itty-bitty, itty bitty, litty bitty, litty-bitty

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bitty.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bitties [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪti Etymology: From bit + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|bit|-y|text=+|tree=1}} From 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-qHwRLUFG

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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