different between gutty vs dutty

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

Etymology

According to one source, from the Twi Akan word dutty (“ground”). Probably reinforced by the English terms dirt, dirty.

Noun

dutty

1. (Jamaican) The ground.
   • 1966, Miss Lou, Dutty Tough

     Rain a fall but dutty tough

Adjective

dutty

1. (Britain, slang) dirty
2. (Jamaican) dirty

References

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English dirty and, possibly, from Akan d?te.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?t?/
• Hyphenation: du?tty

Adjective

dutty

1. dirty, messy, soiled, unclean, nasty

Noun

dutty

1. ground, earth, land, dirt (soil)

Verb

dutty

1. dirty, make dirty, soil, spoil

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 209
• dutty – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary