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DITTOLOGY

Definition: DITTOLOGY

DITTOLOGY

Noun

1. A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Dittology \Dit*tol"o*gy\, noun. [from Greek expression dittologi`a. Attic form of dissologi`a repetition of words: twofold to speak.]. (Websters 1913)

Anagrams: DITTOLOGY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-g-i-l-o-o-t-t-y"
	-2 letters: dottily.
	-3 letters: diglot, goodly.
	-4 letters: ditto, ditty, doily, dooly, dotty, godly, goody, igloo, logoi, lotto, ology, ootid.
	-5 letters: diol, dogy, doit, dolt, doty, gild, gilt, gold, good, idly, idol, idyl, lido, logo, logy, loot, loti, odyl, oily, oldy, olio, otto, tidy, tilt, tody, toil, toit, told, tool, toot, toyo, yogi.
	Words containing the letters "d-g-i-l-o-o-t-t-y"
	+2 letters: troglodytic.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Alternative Orthography: DITTOLOGY

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 49 54 54 4F 4C 4F 47 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.. .. - - --- .-.. --- --. -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01001001 01010100 01010100 01001111 01001100 01001111 01000111 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#73 &#84 &#84 &#79 &#76 &#79 &#71 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0049 0054 0054 004F 004C 004F 0047 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

384354544946494159

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography

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