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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
bitty
 
SYLLABICATION:bit·ty
PRONUNCIATION:  bt
ADJECTIVE:Inflected forms: bit·ti·er, bit·ti·est
1. Informal Tiny. Often used in combination: a little bitty baby. 2. Chiefly British Composed of small segments lacking cohesion; fragmented: “The play finally jerks its disjointed and bitty way to an arbitrary conclusion” (Martin Hoyle).
OTHER FORMS:bit·ti·nessNOUN
 
 
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