on dit
/ɒ̃ diː/
on dit noun: a rumour; hearsay.
Noun
on dit (plural on dits)
- A rumour; hearsay
- It is a mere on dit.
- Lady Marchmont was an object of her especial dislike; she feared her wit, and could not forgive her youth and beauty. Moreover, there was an interest in any on dit about one so much the rage; her looks, laces, and sayings, were equally invaluable as matters of gossip.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Gossipping”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 93
on dit meaning in Tamil
on dit in Tamil
- ஆம்
Examples of on dit in a sentence
- Not only is he of the British peerage, but he is also, on dit, a leader of the British metal industries.1922, Sinclair Lewis, “15”, in Babbitt:
- The ‘on dit’ at Lippincott was that she [author Harper Lee] only had one book in her […]2015 July 3, Gaby Wood, “Harper Lee: The inside story of the greatest comeback in literature [print version: The curious case of Harper...
Forms of on dit
| plural | on dits |
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Origin of on dit
Borrowed from French on-dit (“they say; it is said”).
Questions about on dit
- What does on dit mean?
- On dit means a rumour; hearsay.
- What is on dit in Tamil?
- On dit in Tamil is ஆம். See On dit meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use on dit in a sentence?
- Not only is he of the British peerage, but he is also, on dit, a leader of the British metal industries.
- What part of speech is on dit?
- On dit is a noun.
- How do you pronounce on dit?
- On dit is pronounced /ɒ̃ diː/.
- What is the plural of on dit?
- The plural of on dit is on dits.
Words near on dit in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: on dit (page history and authors); on dit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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