Usage: usually capitalized 1st T
Etymology: from Latin Tityre tu (patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi) Tityrus, thou reclining beneath the shelter of the spreading beech tree, opening line of the 1st Eclogue of Vergil; from their being regarded as wealthy and idle
: one of a gang of roistering brawling young blades in 17th century London similar to the Mohocks
Useful english dictionary. 2012.