Word-Built World: titman

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A.Word.A.Daywith Anu Garg

titman

PRONUNCIATION:

(TIT-muhn) 

MEANING:

noun:
1. The smallest or weakest in a group, such as the runt of a litter.
2. A person of short stature, physically or metaphorically.

ETYMOLOGY:

From tit (any of various small birds), short for titmouse + man. Earliest documented use: 1807.

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