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dittographic (adjective), more dittographic, most dittographic
1. Descriptive of a mistaken repetition of letters, words, or phrases, by a writer or someone who reproduces written material: "As a professional editor of short stories and novels, Sam had to be aware of dittographic contents when authors submit their creations to him."
2. Etymology: from Latin dittos, "double"; from dictus a form of dicere, "to say" + Greek graphien, "to scratch, to draw", then Greek graphikos, "write" and via Latin graphicus, graphe, "writing, drawing".
This entry is located in the following units: dic-, dict- (page 4) grapho-, graph-, -graph, -graphy, -grapher, -graphia (page 25)