- catty
- mod. spiteful; snotty.□ You know how catty Mary is—almost as catty as Gloria—well, she told me something about you that really shocked me.□ How can anybody be so catty?
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Catty — is the English word for a traditional Chinese unit of mass called a jīn (Chinese characters: 斤) in Mandarin Chinese (or kan in Cantonese, kin or kun in Minnan and kin in Japanese) used across East Asia, commonly found in wet markets and in… … Wikipedia
Catty — Cat ty, n. [Malay kat[=i]. See {Caddy}.] An East Indian Weight of 11/3 pounds. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Catty — Catty, 1) Gewicht in China, Japan u. einigen ostindischen Inseln, zwischen 1 u. 2 Zollpfund schwer; 2) (Cattos), Rechnungsmünze auf Java = 44 Thlr. 13 Sgr … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Catty — (engl.), ostasiatisches Gewicht, s. Kätti … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Catty — (Mehrzahl Catties), s. Kätti … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Catty — Catty, Catto, Rechnungsmünze auf Java = 44 Thlr. 13 Sgr. 31/2 Pfg. = 64 fl. 48 kr. C. M … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
catty — 1886, devious and spiteful, from CAT (Cf. cat) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Slightly earlier was cattish (1883) … Etymology dictionary
catty — [adj] nasty, malicious backbiting, evil, hateful, ill natured, malevolent, mean, rancorous, spiteful, venomous, vicious, wicked; concept 404 Ant. kind, nice, pleasant … New thesaurus
catty — ► ADJECTIVE (cattier, cattiest) ▪ spiteful. DERIVATIVES cattily adverb … English terms dictionary
catty — catty1 [kat′ē] adj. cattier, cattiest 1. of or like a cat 2. spiteful, mean, malicious, etc. cattily adv. cattiness n. catty2 [kat′ē] n. pl. catties [Malay kātī: see … English World dictionary
catty — [[t]kæ̱ti[/t]] cattier, cattiest ADJ GRADED If someone, especially a woman or girl, is being catty, they are being unpleasant and unkind. [INFORMAL] His mother was catty, status conscious and loud. ...catty remarks. Syn: bitchy … English dictionary
