Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Tender; soft; nice. See the etymology.
  • Silly: childish.
  • noun An udder; a teat.
  • noun A small cock of hay.
  • Same as tite.
  • noun Fit or favorable season or condition: as, the land is in fine tid for sowing; hence, humor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Tender; soft; nice; -- now only used in tidbit.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete tender; soft; nice

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Compare Old English tedre, tydere, weak, tender.

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Examples

  • Khanan is similar to the Thai word tid, used to address a man who was once ordained as a monk.

    The Buddhist Channel 2010

  • And please give comprehensive answers not negative name calling tid bits.

    Lowell Sun Forum 2010

  • In Old English, "tid" means "due time"--folks still died back then, but I hear we've been cured of all that death nonsense now.

    Archive 2008-10-01 doyle 2008

  • In Old English, "tid" means "due time"--folks still died back then, but I hear we've been cured of all that death nonsense now.

    October again. doyle 2008

  • I'll be back after Christmas and we can just sit and gorge with all these great tid bits!!!!

    ~~~> What Should I Bring? 2009

  • I'll be back after Christmas and we can just sit and gorge with all these great tid bits!!!!

    ~~~> What Should I Bring? 2009

  • I'll be back after Christmas and we can just sit and gorge with all these great tid bits!!!!

    ~~~> What Should I Bring? 2009

  • I'll be back after Christmas and we can just sit and gorge with all these great tid bits!!!!

    ~~~> What Should I Bring? 2009

  • I'll be back after Christmas and we can just sit and gorge with all these great tid bits!!!!

    ~~~> What Should I Bring? 2009

  • I'll be back after Christmas and we can just sit and gorge with all these great tid bits!!!!

    ~~~> What Should I Bring? 2009

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