ditty
pronunciation
How to pronounce ditty in British English:
UK [ˈdɪti]
How to pronounce ditty in American English:
US [ˈdɪti]
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- Noun:
- a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)
Word Origin
- ditty (n.)
- "short song," c. 1300, from Old French ditie "composition, poem, treatise," from Latin dictatum "thing dictated," neuter past participle of dictare "dictate" (see dictate (v.)).
Example
- 1. Do you mind ? Those guys are torturing that ditty .
- 2. In 1882 w.s. gilbert wrote , to a tune by sir arthur sullivan , a ditty that went " I often think it 's comical how nature always does contrive / that every boy and every gal that 's born into the world alive / is either a little liberal or else a little conservative . "
- 3. Used to tune folk songs , ditty , singing mainlyinsmall places .
- 4. " Don 't forget the cigarettes for tommy , " ran one patriotic british ditty during the first world war .
- 5. Edward sang the ditty with a simple , homely style-which was the same as saying with no style at all-and he made use of much pathos .