different between cutty vs cutey

cutty

English

Alternative forms

  • cuttie

Etymology

cut +? -y

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?ti/

Adjective

cutty (comparative more cutty, superlative most cutty)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) Short, shortened, or small; curtailed.
  2. (of audio or video) Having many cuts.
  3. Sharp, cutting easily.

Derived terms

Noun

cutty (plural cutties)

  1. (Scotland) A short spoon.
  2. (Scotland) A short tobacco pipe; a cutty-pipe.
  3. (Scotland, archaic) A wanton or unchaste woman.
  4. (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 [1]

Scots

Etymology

From cut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?t?/, /?k?ti/

Adjective

cutty (comparative mair cutty, superlative maist cutty)

  1. short, stumpy

Noun

cutty (plural cutties)

  1. (archaic) child

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cutey

English

Etymology

cute +? -y

Noun

cutey (plural cuteys)

  1. Alternative form of cutie
    • 1945, James T. Farrell, Judgement Day
      With me, a bird in the hand and a cutey in a bed is worth dozens of them in a bush you can't reach

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