"on dit" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French on-dit (“they say; it is said”).",
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          "text": "It is a mere on dit.",
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          "ref": "1922, Sinclair Lewis, “15”, in Babbitt",
          "text": "Though he is too modest to admit it, Lord Doak gives a cachet to our smart quartier such as it has not received since the ever-memorable visit of the Earl of Sittingbourne. Not only is he of the British peerage, but he is also, on dit, a leader of the British metal industries.",
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          "ref": "2015 July 3, Gaby Wood, “Harper Lee: The inside story of the greatest comeback in literature [print version: The curious case of Harper Lee, 4 July 2015, p. 6]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), archived from the original on 2015-07-07",
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