different between gutty vs cutty

English

Etymology 1

From Latin gutta (“drop (of a liquid)”). Compare French goutte. Compare guttated.

Alternative forms

• goutty

Adjective

gutty (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Charged or sprinkled with drops.

Etymology 2

gut +? -y

Adjective

gutty (comparative more gutty, superlative most gutty)

1. Gutsy; brave.
2. Having a prominent gut.
   • 1958, John M. Kays, Basic animal husbandry (page 269)

     A trim-middled hog will have a higher dressing percentage than a wasty, gutty, paunchy, heavy-middled hog.

Noun

gutty (plural gutties)

1. One who works in a slaughterhouse cutting out the internal organs.

Etymology 3

Perhaps from gutter, or guttersnipe. Or possibly from Irish gaotaire (“a windbag, someone who talks too much”).

Noun

gutty

1. (dialect, Ireland) An urchin or delinquent.
2. (dialect, Ireland) Low-class person.
3. (dialect, Ireland) An unpleasant person.

References

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