2021-02-13 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด T – Tidbit & titbit
2021-02-13
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด T – Tidbit & titbit
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง tidbit (US spelling) = ‘TID-bit’
ออกเสียง titbit (British spelling) = ‘TIT-bit’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Tidbit
Tidbit, or rhyming British English titbit,
goes back to the 1600s as the name for a choice morsel of food
(or for people and things likened to such a morsel).
The origin of the word isn't certain, but we'll share the tidbits that we have on it.
Early print evidence of the word tid is from English dialects,
where it is used as an adjective to describe a playful child,
and evidence of tidbit appears about the same time
—roughly, the mid-1600s.
The close contemporaneity of their occurrence
makes it unlikely that the dialectal adjective
influenced the formation of tidbit.
Another theory is that it's derived from tit,
which was used for any small objector creature in Middle English. (This tit is the source of titmouse,which dates to the 14th century.)
The problem is tidbit is first recorded in forms using tid and tyd,
and the spelling titbit occurs a tad latter.
Whether tidbit or titbit suits your palate,
both formscame to refer to a spicy bit of news and information in the 19th century.
And, yes, the second ingredient in the word is
bit,meaning "something bitten or bitten off."
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions
Tidbit & titbit
A tidbit is a choice morsel of some sort,
whether of food, scandal, gossip, or news:
“We enjoyed delicious tidbit during the social hour that followed.”
“She whispered to me a delicious tidbit about the new couple in town.
Titbit is also a correct spelling,
one more often used in Great Britain than in the United States.
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