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jot

noun
/d͡ʒɒt/UK/d͡ʒɔʔ//d͡ʒɑt/US

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from Latin iōta (“the letter iota of the Ancient Greek alphabet”), from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “ninth letter of the Ancient Greek alphabet; (figurative) very small part of writing, jot”), from Phoenician 𐤉 (y‬, “tenth letter of the Phoenician abjad, yodh”). Doublet of iota and yodh. Etymology 1, noun sense 3 (“brief and hurriedly written note”) is derived from the verb. The verb is probably borrowed from Scots jot, from English jot (noun): see above.

  1. derived from jot
  2. borrowed from jot
  3. derived from 𐤉‬ — “tenth letter of the Phoenician abjad, yodh”
  4. derived from ἰῶτα — “ninth letter of the Ancient Greek alphabet; (figurative) very small part of writing, jot”
  5. borrowed from iōta — “the letter iota of the Ancient Greek alphabet”

Definitions

  1. The smallest letter or stroke of any writing

    The smallest letter or stroke of any writing; an iota.

    • For verily I ſay vnto you, Till heauen and earth paſſe, one iote or one tittle, ſhall in no wiſe paſſe from the law, till all be fulfilled.
    • Of old, men said, "Sin not; / By every line and jot / Ye shall abide; man's heart is false and vile."

  2. A small, or the smallest, amount of a thing

    A small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit.

    • He didn’t care a jot for his work.
    • Sir, the People muſt haue their Voiyes, / Neyther vvill they bate / One iot of Ceremonie.

  3. A brief and hurriedly written note.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Chiefly followed by down

      Chiefly followed by down: to write (something) quickly; to make a brief note of (something).

      • Tell me your order so I can jot it down.
      • He mentions as certain the falsehood of a number of the assertions concerning his usage, the unhealthy state of the island, and so forth. I have jotted down his evidence elsewhere.

    2. To jerk or jolt (something)

      To jerk or jolt (something); to jog.

      • Nowe is iuſte iuſtice, ſo iotted out of iointe, / That ye here vniuſtely, ſtande at deniall, / To do me iuſtice, and wolde by power ryall: / Directe mine acquitall or condemnacion, / Euen as wyll in both: weith your acceptacion.

    3. A jerk, a jolt.

      • [F]requent jot / Of his hard ſetting jade did ſo confound / The vvords that he by papyr-ſtealth had got, / That their loſt ſenſe the youngſter could not ſound, / Though he vvith mimical attention did abound.
      • […] I ſay it is no uneven jot, to paſſe from the more faint and obſcure examples of Spermaticall life, to the more conſiderable effects of generall Motion in Mineralls, Metalls & ſundry Meteors, […]

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Derived

jot and tittle

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for jot. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA