natty

natty

See also: Natty

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnæti/

  Rhymes: -æti

Etymology 1

Originally slang, perhaps related to neat.[1]

Adjective

natty (comparative nattier, superlative nattiest)

1. (informal) Smart and fashionable. [from late 18th c.]
   • 1997, David Foster Wallace, “David Lynch keeps his head”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group:

     Anyway, while the creepy-video thing is under way there are also some scenes of Pullman looking very natty and East Village in all-black and jamming on his tenor sax in front of a packed dance floor (only in a David Lynch movie would people dance ecstatically to abstract jazz), […]

Translations

Smart and fashionable

Arabic: أَنِيق‎ m (ʾanīq), مُتَنَاغِم‎ m (mutanāḡim) Czech: fešácký Finnish: siisti (fi), tyylikäs (fi), näppärä (fi), kätevä (fi) French: chic (fr), élégant (fr)

German: schick (de), nett (de) Macedonian: модерен (moderen), шизик, фраер (šizik, fraer) Russian: мо́дный (ru) (módnyj), нарядный (ru) (narjadnyj)

Etymology 2

Variant of knotty.[1]

Adjective

natty (comparative nattier, superlative nattiest)

1. (Jamaica, slang) Knotty.

   natty dreadlocks

Etymology 3

Clipping of natural +‎ -y.

Alternative forms

• nattie

Adjective

natty (comparative more natty, superlative most natty)

1. (slang, bodybuilding) Natural, as opposed to steroid enhanced

Noun

natty (plural natties)

1. (slang, bodybuilding) Someone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids

References

1. “natty” (US) / “natty” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

• tanty