TITTLE

Tittle

A tittle is a small distinguishing mark, such as a diacritic or the dot on a lowercase i or j. The tittle is an integral part of the glyph of i and j, but diacritic dots can appear over other letters in various languages. In most languages, the tittle of i or j is omitted when a diacritic is placed in the tittle's usual position, but not when the diacritic appears elsewhere .

The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Tittle
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

tittle

Noun

  1. A small, insignificant amount (of something); a vanishing scintilla; a measly crumb; a minute speck.
  2. Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or if a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters and .


The above text is a snippet from Wiktionary: tittle
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

Need help with a clue?
Try your search in the crossword dictionary!