cutty
English
Alternative forms
- cuttie
Etymology
cut + -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʌti/
Adjective
cutty (comparative more cutty, superlative most cutty)
- (Scotland, Northern England) Short, shortened, or small; curtailed.
Derived terms
- cutty grass
- cutty-brown
- cutty-gun
- cutty-hare
- cuttymum
- cutty-stoup
- cutty-quean
Noun
cutty (plural cutties)
- (Scotland) A short spoon.
- (Scotland) A short tobacco pipe.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ramsay to this entry?)
- (Scotland, archaic) A wanton or unchaste woman.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)
- (Scotland, archaic) A girl with a short, dumpy figure.
See also
- cutty grass
References
- John Jamieson (1825) A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement
Scots
Etymology
From cut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʌtɪ/, /ˈkʌti/
Adjective
cutty (comparative mair cutty, superlative maist cutty)
- short, stumpy
Noun
cutty (plural cutties)
- (archaic) child