doit
/dɔɪt/
doit noun: a small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver.
Noun
doit (plural doits)
- A small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver.
- '"You got a lot of gold off Mr. Beauclerc," says Glascock.
'"Not a doit more than I wanted," says he, laughing again. "And who, pray, had a better right—did not I murder him?"1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard - Soon after I arrived here the Dutch Government introduced a new copper coinage of cents instead of doits (the 100th instead of the 120th part of a guilder), and all the old coins were ordered to be sent to Ternate to be changed. I sent a bag containing 6,000 doits, and duly received the new money...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 45
- '"You got a lot of gold off Mr. Beauclerc," says Glascock.
- A small amount; a bit, a jot.
- […] when they will not giue a doit to relieue a lame Begger, they will lay out ten to ſee a dead Indian: […]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
- “Speak out, ye Saxon dogs — what bid ye for your worthless lives? — How say you, you of Rotherwood?” “Not a doit I,” answered poor Wamba.1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co....
- In jazz music, a note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards.
- Jazz symbols include many contoured articulations and inflections, such as doits, fall-offs, and scoops.1995, Music & Computers, volume 1, numbers 2-4, page 57
Verb
doit (third-person singular simple present doits, present participle doiting, simple past and past participle doited)
- To stumble; to blunder.
- I trembled with astonishment; and on my return from the small window went doiting in amongst the weaver's looms, tillI entangled myself, and could not get out again without working great deray amongst the coarse linen threads that stood in warp from one end of the apartment unto the other.1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
doit meaning in Indonesian
doit in Indonesian
- small Dutch coin
- duit
Forms of doit
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | doits |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | doits |
| present participle | doiting |
| past participle | doited |
| past | doited |
Origin of doit
Borrowed from Middle Low German doyt, cognate with Middle Dutch duit. Doublet of thwaite.
Borrowed from Scots doit, apparently a Scots cognate of dote.
Words formed from doit
Words that rhyme with doit
Questions about doit
- What does doit mean?
- Doit means a small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver.
- What is doit in Indonesian?
- Doit in Indonesian is duit. See Doit meaning in Indonesian.
- What part of speech is doit?
- Doit can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce doit?
- Doit is pronounced /dɔɪt/.
- What is the plural of doit?
- The plural of doit is doits.
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Source and license
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