- iddy-umpty
- iddy-umpty /idˈi-umpˈti or -umˈti/ (milit sl)nounMorse codeORIGIN: From a phrase used in India to teach morse to the native troops
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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umpteen — [20] Umpteen was derived from an earlier umpty. This began life as a signallers’ slang term for a ‘dash’ in morse code (like its companion iddy for ‘dot’, it was purely fanciful in origin). Its similarity to twenty, thirty, etc led to its being… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
umpteen — [20] Umpteen was derived from an earlier umpty. This began life as a signallers’ slang term for a ‘dash’ in morse code (like its companion iddy for ‘dot’, it was purely fanciful in origin). Its similarity to twenty, thirty, etc led to its being… … Word origins
