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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dit-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪt oʊ


Définition of ditto

Origin :
  • 1620s, Tuscan dialectal ditto "(in) the said (month or year)," literary Italian detto, past participle of dire "to say," from Latin dicere (see diction).
  • Originally used in Italian to avoid repetition of month names in a series of dates; generalized meaning of "same as above" first recorded in English 1670s. Dittohead, self-description of followers of U.S. radio personality Rush Limbaugh, attested by 1995. dittoship is from 1869.
  • noun the same; duplicate
Example sentences :
  • In tabular work reversed commas are used as a sign for ditto.
  • Extract from : « Punctuation » by Frederick W. Hamilton
  • The dash is sometimes used in catalogue work as a ditto mark.
  • Extract from : « Punctuation » by Frederick W. Hamilton
  • Ditto,” cried Waller still more emphatically; “what say you, Hawkswing?
  • Extract from : « The Wild Man of the West » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • The fodder is odious, not fit for a pig, and the wine is ditto.
  • Extract from : « The New Tenant » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Cromwell was mad and a quack; Anselm, Becket, Goethe, ditto ditto.
  • Extract from : « Past and Present » by Thomas Carlyle
  • “Ditto,” said Muggins, nodding his head and buttoning his jacket.
  • Extract from : « Sunk at Sea » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • “Ditto,” said Hockins, performing the same feat with a banana.
  • Extract from : « The Fugitives » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • “And I say ditto,” burst from Watty Wilkins with powerful emphasis.
  • Extract from : « Philosopher Jack » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • “Ditto, ditto,” cried Macey doing the same, and expecting an attack.
  • Extract from : « The Weathercock » by George Manville Fenn
  • Stirrups help us to get on, so does discretion; to get off, ditto discretion.
  • Extract from : « Eugene Aram, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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