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clitty en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈklɪti/

Etymology

Etymology tree English clit Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English clitty From clit + -y (diminutive suffix).

Meanings

  1. (slang) The clitoris; clit.
  2. (derogatory, humorous, slang) A penis likened to a clitoris, especially in terms of smallness.

Forms

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clitties Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

clitty litter

Synonyms

clit

clitty en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈklɪti/

Etymology

From the old dialectal verb clit + -y (adjectival suffix).

Meanings

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Poorly or imperfectly set (of bread, cement, soil after rain, etc)
    • I'm vexed tha keaks be clitty. 1867, William Frederick Rock, Jim (fict.name.), Jim and Nell: A Dramatic Poem in the Dialect of North Devon, pages 29-30:
    • The snow seemed to club the land, which got ‘clitty’ and worked badly for a considerable time afterwards. 1897 January 30th, Evesham Journal, quoted in the EDD
    • This yur pudden's proper clitty, sure 'nough - I zim tis 'most like putty.[…] 1875, Frederick Thomas Elworthy, The Dialect of West Somerset: A Paper Read Before the Philological Society, January 15, 1875, page 141: