A small amount or portion; a bit or morsel of something.
From Middle English 'dite,' derived from Old Dutch 'duit' (a small coin), and likely from Icelandic 'dítill,' referring to something small or a tiny amount.
The word 'dite' almost disappeared from English, but it survives in the biblical phrase 'widow's mite'—a dite of money was literally worth a few pennies in ancient times!
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