different between organic vs catty

English

Alternative forms

• organick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English organic, organik, from Old French organique, from Latin organicus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????æn?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????æn?k/
• Rhymes: -æn?k

Adjective

organic (comparative more organic, superlative most organic)

1. (biology) Pertaining to or derived from living organisms. [from 1778]
2. (physiology, medicine) Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.
3. (chemistry) Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products.
4. (agriculture) Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body. [from 1942]
5. (sociology) Describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdependencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe).
6. (military) Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).
   • 1998: Eyal Ben-Ari, Mastering Soldiers: Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Military Unit. Beghahn Books, p 29.

     Socially, the term “organic” unit implies a military force characterized by relatively high cohesion, overlapping primary groups and a certain sense of shared past.

   • 1945: U.S. War Department, Handbook on German Military Forces. LSU Press (1990). p 161.

     Most types of German field divisions include an organic reconnaissance battalion, and the remainder have strong reconnaissance companies.

7. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
8. (Internet, of search results) Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed to paid placement by advertisers.
   • 2008, Michael Masterson, MaryEllen Tribby, Changing the Channel: 12 Easy Ways to Make Millions for Your Business

     According to a recent survey by Jupiter Research, 80 percent of Web users get information from organic search results.

9. Developing in a gradual or natural fashion.

10. Harmonious; coherent; structured.

Coordinate terms

• (chemistry): inorganic

Derived terms

Related terms

• organicity

Translations

Noun

organic (plural organics)

1. (chemistry) An organic compound.
2. An organic food.
3. (science fiction) A living organism, as opposed to a robot or hologram.

Translations

See also

• inorganic

References

• organic at OneLook Dictionary Search
• organic in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "organic" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 227.
• organic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Gori?an, agrocin

Interlingua

Adjective

organic (not comparable)

1. organic (pertaining to organs)

Related terms

• organo

Middle English

Alternative forms

• organice, organik, organys, organise

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French organique, borrowed itself from Latin organicus. Equivalent to organe +? -ik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r??ani?k/, /?r??ani?s/

Adjective

organic

1. Resembling or functioning like an organ; composed of distinct divisions.
2. (rare) Positioned around the neck or nape (used of veins)

Descendants

• English: organic

References

• “organik, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-03.

English

Etymology 1

cat +? -y; in sense “hostility”, see catfight.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæti/, [?k?æ?i]
• Rhymes: -æti
• Homophones: caddie, caddy (in some dialects)

Adjective

catty (comparative cattier, superlative cattiest)

1. (informal, of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset, particularly among women.
2. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a cat.

   a catty smell

Synonyms

• (spiteful): bitchy (derogatory), cattish, malicious, nasty, snide, spiteful

Related terms

• catfight

Translations

See also

• (hostility, especially between women): handbags, handbags at dawn, the handbags come out, meow

Etymology 2

From Malay kati, from Sinitic languages, Mandarin: ? (j?n)

Alternative forms

• kati
• katti, katty (both obsolete)

Noun

catty (plural catties)

1. A (unit of) weight used in China, generally standardized as half a kilogram.
   • 2009, Huaiyin Li, Village China Under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-History, 1948-2008, Stanford University Press, ?ISBN, page 94:

     To limit team members' consumption, it issued food stamps to the villagers and allowed everyone to eat one catty of rice a day.

   • 1847, Robert Montgomery Martin, China; Political, Commercial, and Social, Volume 2, James Madden (publisher), page 124:

     Transparent yellow pieces are the best; the price is from eight to fourteen dollars per catty, according to size and quality.

Translations

See also

• (Hong Kong units): chek, tsun, fan, picul, tael, mace, candareen, tsin, leung, kan, tam

Etymology 3

Noun

catty (plural catties)

1. (slang) A catapult.
   • 2009, Sheldon Arensen, The Carjackers (page 43)

     “Give me your slingshot, and I'll let you have it back after school this afternoon,” she said firmly. […] I stuck the 'catty' into my back pocket and ran outside to meet the others.

   • 2017, David Cooper, Christiaan Barnard: The Surgeon Who Dared

     You could also keep a tennis ball and a frog, or a catapult and a frog, but not all three together. I know because I tried it. The frog got a bit squashed between the ball and the handle of the catty.