English

Noun

on dit ‎(plural on dits)

1. A flying report; rumour.
   • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, “15”, in Babbitt:

     Though he is too modest to admit it, Lord Doak gives a cachet to our smart quartier such as it has not received since the ever-memorable visit of the Earl of Sittingbourne. Not only is he of the British peerage, but he is also, on dit, a leader of the British metal industries.

   • 2015 July 3, Gaby Wood, “Harper Lee: The inside story of the greatest comeback in literature [print version: The curious case of Harper Lee, 4 July 2015, p. 6]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), archived from the original on 7 July 2015:

     The ‘on dit’ at Lippincott was that she [author Harper Lee] only had one book in her […]

   It is a mere on dit.‎