jot

See also: Jot and jót

English

Etymology

From Latin iōta, from ἰῶτα (iôta).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dʒɑt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dʒɒt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

jot (plural jots)

1. An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle.

   He didn't care a jot for his work.

   • Bible, Matthew v. 18

     Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

   • Shakespeare

     Neither will they bate / One jot of ceremony.

2. A brief and hurriedly written note.
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 53:

     "I say, it is no uneven jot, to pass from the more faint and obscure examples of Spermatical life to the more considerable effects of general Motion in Minerals, Metalls, and sundry Meteors ..."

Synonyms

• (small amount): see also Wikisaurus:modicum.

Translations

iota

• Finnish: hitunen, hiven
• Icelandic: punktur m, depill (is) m, angarögn f
• Italian: punto (it) m
• Polish: jota (pl) f

• Russian: ёта f (yota)
• Spanish: jota (es) f; pizca (es) f
• Vietnamese: chút (vi), tí tẹo (vi), tí teo (vi)

Derived terms

• every jot and tittle
• not a jot or tittle

Verb

jot (third-person singular simple present jots, present participle jotting, simple past and past participle jotted)

1. (usually with "down") To write quickly.

   Tell me your order, so I can jot it down.

Derived terms

• jot down

Translations

to write quickly

• Finnish: sutaista
• Icelandic: skrifa hjá sér, punkta, punkta niður, hripa, hripa niður, hripa hjá sér
• Portuguese: anotar (pt)

• Russian: черкнуть (ru) (čerknutʹ)
• Spanish: anotar (es)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} biffer, ^{(please verify)} noter au brouillon