ditty
ditty
Definition
ditty (dit′ē)
noun pl. -·ties
a short, simple song
Etymology: ME dite < OFr dité < L dictatum, thing dictated, neut. pp. of dictare: see dictate
ditty
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- sing: Angels will also be in attendance on the green outside the flats, heralded by fireworks and singing seasonal ditties.
- compose: Yet it started life 150 years ago as an obscure ditty composed as a pop song of its time by a little-known pub musician.
- write: The craftsman must be rewarded for leaving his rock roots behind him and writing these introspective, quirky ditties.
- follow: The next time you're banging your head against this particular brick wall you might find the following ditty helpful.
- know: Readers who know this ditty, may like to sing it quietly to themselves to savor the flavor.
- entitle: They released a fantastic little ditty entitled ' Goodbye Little Rose ' a handful of months ago.
Adjective modifier
- catchy: We introduce our children to verse almost at birth, reciting nursery rhymes and catchy ditties to them in the pram.
- witty: The cd opens with taxman, george harrison's witty ditty about the state of taxes in britain at the time.
- acoustic: Here we have some nice little acoustic ditties with enough weirdness to lend them an air of uniqueness.
- little: Anyway, worthy of inclusion in our little list only for the little ditty entitled ' The Derby Ram ' .
- amusing: In a complete change of mood, ' Off The Rails ' is an amusing little ditty with a simplistic guitar accompaniment.
- silly: We had barely left the parking lot when some of us broke the sacred silence with a medley of silly sitcom ditties.
Modifies a noun
- bag: Certainly one reads of " ditty bags " in naval books of the 1700 period.
Noun used with modifier
- pop: Service, an instantly likeable band, who entertained us with some groovy pop ditties.
ditty Quotes
He played an ancient ditty, long since mute, In Provence called,'La belle dame sans mercy'.
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