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Tityre-tu

Tityre-tu noun: a member of a gang of criminal youths that originated in the early 1620s.

Noun

Tityre-tu (plural Tityre-tus)

  1. (historical, in plural) A member of a gang of criminal youths that originated in the early 1620s.

Forms of Tityre-tu

pluralTityre-tus

Origin of Tityre-tu

An allusion to the first line in Virgil's First Eclogue: "Tityre tu patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi" ("Tityrus, thou reclining beneath the shelter of the spreading beech tree").

Questions about Tityre-tu

What does Tityre-tu mean?
Tityre-tu means a member of a gang of criminal youths that originated in the early 1620s.
What part of speech is Tityre-tu?
Tityre-tu is a noun.
What is the plural of Tityre-tu?
The plural of Tityre-tu is Tityre-tus.

Words near Tityre-tu in the dictionary

  1. titwanked
  2. titwanking
  3. titwanks
  4. tityra
  5. tityras
  6. Tityre-tu
  7. Tityre-tus
  8. Tiu
  9. Tiuchiu
  10. Tiul
  11. Tiulana

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