|tid.ərē|t(y)ü noun
( -s )
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