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gutty en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From goutte + -y, or anglicization of (Old or Middle French) goutté, ultimately from Latin gutta (“drop (of a liquid)”) (also the ultimate source of English goutte and French goutte). Compare guttated.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Charged or sprinkled with drops.

Forms

gutty en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From gut + -y.

Meanings

1. (slang) Gutsy; brave.
2. Having a prominent gut.
   • A trim-middled hog will have a higher dressing percentage than a wasty, gutty, paunchy, heavy-middled hog. 1958, John M. Kays, Basic animal husbandry, page 269:

Forms

Deriveds

guttiness

gutty en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From gut + -y.

Meanings

1. One who works in a slaughterhouse cutting out the internal organs.
   • Mr Donaldson continued to work during the season as a gutty in the beefhouse at the Lorneville plant, notwithstanding a high level of pain and/or discomfort which he persistently experienced from his elbow disorder. 1990, New Zealand Industrial Law Reports:

Forms

gutty en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

gutty en · ADJ · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, slang) Made of gutta-percha.
   • I still had in my possession thirteen sets of hickories and a good stock of gutty golf balls, […] 2013, Alfie Ward, Fairways! What Fairways?, page 182:

Relateds

guttie