dilly vs nitty

dilly

adj
  • Silly; characteristic of a dill. 

  • Redolent of dill (the herb). 

noun
  • Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual. 

  • A dilly bag. 

nitty

adj
  • Foolish, inane. 

  • Of a poker player: playing in an overly cautious and reactive manner. 

  • detailed or specific; fastidious, fussy, nit-picky. 

noun
  • A dope fiend, a druggie. 

How often have the words dilly and nitty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )