teetotum
teetotum noun: a toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
Noun (1)
teetotum (plural teetotums)
- A toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
- The town awakes; the great tee-totum is set up for its daily spin and whirl; […]1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, “Tom-all-alone’s”, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC, page 157
- "Are you a child or a teetotum?" the Sheep said, as she took up another pair of needles. "You'll make me giddy soon, if you go on turning round like that."1871 December 27 (indicated as 1872), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Wool and Water”, in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, London: Macmillan and Co....
Noun (2)
teetotum (plural teetotums)
teetotum meaning in Marathi
teetotum in Marathi
- teetotum
- कोईल koīl
Forms of teetotum
| plural | teetotums |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tetotum |
| alternative form | T-totum |
| alternative form | tee-totem |
Origin of teetotum
From Latin totum (“all”), marked by a T on one of the four sides.
Questions about teetotum
- What does teetotum mean?
- Teetotum means a toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
- What is teetotum in Marathi?
- Teetotum in Marathi is कोईल (koīl). See Teetotum meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is teetotum?
- Teetotum is a noun.
- What is the plural of teetotum?
- The plural of teetotum is teetotums.
Words near teetotum in the dictionary
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