See Also: widdle(1)(dictionary)
widdle(2)(dictionary)
widdle(3)(dictionary)
widdle(4)(dictionary)

ditto (iou) and widdle(2) (iou)


ditto (iou)



ditto adjective, adverb, noun, & verb. E17.
[Italian dial. (Tuscan) var. of detto said from Latin dictus pa. pple of dicere say.]
A. adjective, adverb, & noun (pl. -os).
1. In or of the month already named; the aforesaid month. Only in 17.
2. In the same way, similar(ly); the same; (the) aforesaid; (the same as, another of) what was mentioned above or previously. colloq. exc. in lists etc. (where usu. repr. by dots or commas under the matter repeated). L17.
say ditto to express agreement with what has been said by (another).
S. Themerson Four Long Petticoats...Three Cambric ditto. R. Adams A great iron frying-pan and six ditto spoons. P. Ackroyd He blows up easy and down again ditto. A. Blond Clauses requiring the author to return an advance are rarely invoked, ditto penalties for late delivery.
b. noun. A symbol representing the word 'ditto'. Also ditto mark. L19.
3. noun. Cloth of the same material. Chiefly in suit of dittos, a suit of clothes of the same material and colour throughout. arch. M18.
4. noun. Something identical or similar; an exact resemblance; a repetition. L18.
L. Oliphant The upper fragment..the ditto of which is to be found at Irbid.
5. (Also Ditto.) (Proprietary name for) a duplicator, a small offset press for copying. E20.
B. verb. Pa. t. & pple dittoed .
verb trans. Produce (mechanically or otherwise) a duplicate of; match, equal. M19.
T. C. Haliburton Where will you ditto our fall? It whips English weather by a long chalk. Canadian Journal of Linguistics Papers which are privately circulated in dittoed form.
verb intrans. Say or do the same as another person; agree, echo. L19.

widdle(2) (iou)



widdle noun2. colloq. M20.
[formed as WIDDLE verb2.]
An act of urinating.