Comparative form of 'bitty,' meaning more small, fragmented, or broken up into tiny pieces than something else.
From 'bitty' (small, broken into bits), formed by adding the comparative suffix '-er,' following the standard English pattern for comparing adjectives.
British English favors 'bitty' to describe something disjointed or consisting of small unconnected pieces (like 'a bitty job'), while American English rarely uses it, showing how regional vocabulary preserves different ways of seeing the world.
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