Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
litty en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
From little + -y.
Meanings
Little.
Those litty bitty potatoes browned on all sides, heavy on the pepper; snap beans seasoned with rind; yellow squash sprinkled with vinegar and sugar 2014, Toni Morrison, Beloved, →ISBN, page 17:
“I think long time,” replied the Chinaman. “See plenty litty mat lice; too muchy plenty litty mat lice; sixty ton, litty mat lice. I think all-e-time: perhaps plenty opium plenty litty mat lice.” 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, “The Cargo of the ‘Flying Scud’”, in The Wrecker, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, […], →OCLC, page 236:
Then I will send you some litty brix by him. He says he is not able to carry much but he would take a litty sack full if I would fix it. I will send you some sweet cakes and a few light cakes and a litty buter, and a few apples and a pair of socks, and your litty girls wants to send you a sweet potato but I dont no if I can get them in my sack. 1983, The Weft, 1658-1979: A Genealogical Record, page 376:
Missee Klitty got Jelly on litty string. 1895, George B. Myles, The Winning Hand; Or, The Imposter: A Comedy, in Four Acts, page 12:
Keep Joss-house a litty on the larbourd-bow. Steady as you go. 1859, Jack Ariel, John Davis, Jack Ariel; or, Life on board an Indiaman:
He dealt warily with traders, whom he classified in three groups: "'He cheat a litty" — "He cheat plenty" — and "I think he cheat too much.'" 2003, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson (edited by Roslyn Jolly), The Cruise of the Janet Nichol Among the South Sea Islands, →ISBN, page 28:
I will send you some sweet cakes and a few light cakes and a litty buter, and a few apples and a pair of socks, and your litty girls wants to send you a sweet potato but I dont no if I can get them in my sack. 1983, The Weft, 1658-1979: A Genealogical Record, page 376:
litty en · ADJ · etymology 2
Etymology
From lit + -y.
Meanings
(West-Country, qualifier:Dorset) Lively and nimble.
The zilver-weed upon the green, Out where my sons an' daughters played, Had never time to bloom between The litty steps obwoy an' maid. 2014, Bernard Richards, Alastair Fowler, Brian Richards, English Verse 1830 - 1890, →ISBN, page 35:
...and her pink vrock, and her pink zun-bonnet, and her pink bows all over her, and her pink parasol, and her pink this, and her pink that, skipped up beside her, so litty as a linnet. 1923, John Read, Cluster-o'-vive: stories and studies of old-world Wessex, page 130:
Or when the wind, a-springen keen Vrom eastern slopes, did fling about The snow, or overlay the tree An' ground wi' hoar-vrost grey, Sis, sis, our litty steps did sound, A-trippen on the vrosty ground. 1962, William Barnes, Poems - Volume 1, page 529: