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Definition of Dittied
1. a. Set, sung, or composed as a ditty; -- usually in composition.
Definition of Dittied
1. Adjective. Set, sung, or composed as a ditty (of a specified kind). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dittied
1. ditty [v] - See also: ditty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dittied
Literary usage of Dittied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Warton by Thomas Warton, Richard Mant (1802)
"The clear flow-dittied chaunt,] II ... -dittied tong." V. 200. Till all my foul
is bith'd in ..."
2. The British poets, including translations by British poets (1822)
"O, were my pipe as soft, my dittied song' As smooth as thine, my too, ... my soft
pipe, and my dittied song Should hush the hurricane's tremendous roar, ..."
3. John Milton: A Biography. Especially Designed to Exhibit the Ecclesiastical by Cyrus R. Edmonds (1851)
"Smooth-dittied.] Smoothly worded or adapted to words. Ital. detti, words..
Nor of less faith, 41c.] And who is no less faithful; and from his business being ..."
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