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itty adj.

1798, in a letter of Jane Austen, baby-talk form of little. Related: itty-bitty (1855); tiddy-itty (1852).

Examples from the Web for itty Contemporary Examples of itty

  • Hey, little man, get on in here before you freeze your itty bitty butt.

    Bush and Cheney: The Movie

    John W. Dean

    January 29, 2009

  • Historical Examples of itty

  • I flatter myself that itty Dordy will not forget me at least under a week.

    Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters

    William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

  • My dear itty Dordy’s remembrance of me is very pleasing to me—foolishly pleasing, because I know it will be over so soon.

    Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters

    William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

  • Lock it up, papa; doin’ to teep it for my itty dirl, when I get big, jess like mamma.

    Great Mysteries and Little Plagues

    John Neal

  • My dear itty Dordy’s remembrance of me is very pleasing to me,—foolishly pleasing, because I know it will be over so soon.

    The Letters of Jane Austen

    Jane Austen

  • The suspected representative of the “Guggenheimers” whined plaintively: “Itty tootsies awfy cold!”

    The Man from the Bitter Roots

    Caroline Lockhart

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