dittayn.

Brit.

/ˈdɪteɪ/,

/ˈdɪti/, U.S.

/ˈdɪteɪ/,

/ˈdɪti/, Scottish English

/ˈdɪte/,

/ˈdɪtɪ/

Forms: Also Middle English dyttay; cf. also ditty n. 5.

Etymology: < Old French dité, ditté, and thus the same word as ditty n., but probably of later introduction in Scots, and in consequence preserving later the French pronunciation, represented by final -ay.

Scots Law.

The matter of charge or ground of indictment against a person for a criminal offence; also, the formulated indictment. to take up dittay, to obtain ‘information and presentments of crime in order to trial’ (Bell Dict. Law Scot.).

ΚΠ

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 274 A gret dyttay for Scottis thai ordand than.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 192 Befoir the air ane dittay for to tak In euirilk schyre.

1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxviii. 182 The Justice Clerk my dittay red perqueir.

a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 77 Thy dittay was death: thou dare not deny it.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 6.

1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 431 As many sentences as I uttered, as many points of dittay shall there be, when the Lord shall plead with the world.

1743 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 35) ii. iii. v. 412 The method of taking up offenders by dittay..abolished.

1753 W. Stewart in Scots Mag. Mar. 135/2 This letter..is brought as a point of dittay against the pannel.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 317 Here's the dittay against puir Effie: Whereas [etc.].

figurative.1831 Westm. Rev. 14 50 All that he says under this head of dittay, consisting of a string of niaiseries unworthy of a schoolboy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dittay
释义	dittayn. Brit. /ˈdɪteɪ/, /ˈdɪti/, U.S. /ˈdɪteɪ/, /ˈdɪti/, Scottish English /ˈdɪte/, /ˈdɪtɪ/ Forms: Also Middle English dyttay; cf. also ditty n. 5. Etymology: < Old French dité, ditté, and thus the same word as ditty n., but probably of later introduction in Scots, and in consequence preserving later the French pronunciation, represented by final -ay. Scots Law. The matter of charge or ground of indictment against a person for a criminal offence; also, the formulated indictment. to take up dittay, to obtain ‘information and presentments of crime in order to trial’ (Bell Dict. Law Scot.). ΚΠ 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 274 A gret dyttay for Scottis thai ordand than. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 192 Befoir the air ane dittay for to tak In euirilk schyre. 1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxviii. 182 The Justice Clerk my dittay red perqueir. a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 77 Thy dittay was death: thou dare not deny it. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 6. 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 431 As many sentences as I uttered, as many points of dittay shall there be, when the Lord shall plead with the world. 1743 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 35) ii. iii. v. 412 The method of taking up offenders by dittay..abolished. 1753 W. Stewart in Scots Mag. Mar. 135/2 This letter..is brought as a point of dittay against the pannel. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 317 Here's the dittay against puir Effie: Whereas [etc.]. figurative.1831 Westm. Rev. 14 50 All that he says under this head of dittay, consisting of a string of niaiseries unworthy of a schoolboy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1488
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