单词 | jotting |
释义 | jottingn. The action of jot v.2; usually concrete. Something jotted down; a brief hasty note or sketch. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > jotting jotting1808 1808–18 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Jotting, a memorandum. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xxiii. 356 I'll make a slight jotting the morn. View more context for this quotation 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Jotting, a memorandum; as, cursory jottings. Of very recent usage. The Scotch also employ this word. 1823 Caledonian Mercury 29 Mar. (Jam.) Here his Lordship read the judgment, and the paper called Jottings respecting John Dalgleish's settlement. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. III. 131 We have had perhaps too many of these jottings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1808 |
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