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▪ I. natty, a.2 and n.2 Rastafarian slang.|ˈnætɪ|
[Repr. Black (Jamaican) pronunc. of knotty a., as in ‘(k)notty head’: see dreadlocks n. pl.]
A. adj. Of the hair: knotty, matted, as in dreadlocks; hence of a person: wearing dreadlocks, Rastafarian, esp. as natty dread: see dread n. 4 b; also, characteristic or symbolic of Rastafarian culture.
B. n. One who wears dreadlocks, a Rastafarian (see also quot. 1976).
1974Cole & Anderson (song-title) Natty dread. 1975Rolling Stone 24 Apr. 52/1 Natty dreadlocks means hair with an attitude: kinky, jungle thick and matted into long tortuous antibraids. There's a tourist-tormenting gang of guerrilla hoodlums on the island of Domenica [sic] called the Natty Dreads. 1976Daily Mirror 2 Apr. 20/2 Here's what some of the words heard in reggae lyrics mean: dread, tough, uncompromising, rebellious..dreadlocks, long braided hair. Jah, God. Natty, black people, singular or plural. 1977McKnight & Tobler Bob Marley vii. 87 The origin of the terms ‘natty dread’ and ‘dreadlocks’ is considerably less devious and weighty than might be supposed. ‘Natty dread’ is derived from ‘notty head’, a term of abuse frequently hurled at ‘Rasta ragamuffins’ on many a street corner. 1977Transatlantic Rev. lx. 186 Natty Hallelujah. 1984Washington Post 7 Dec. (Weekend) 55/1 Big Youth is one of the legendary figures in Jamaica, a deejay rapper who also contributed the phrase ‘natty dread’ to the reggae vocabulary. 1985B. Zephaniah Dread Affair 19 Come natty dread youths get in there Give away what you have spare. Ibid. 94 Dread keep farm Dread sister know better Natty in sky Still natty grow pepper. 1987N.Y. Times 17 Apr. c28/3 Jean-Michel Basquiat..sits doubled over as if trying to hide beneath his topknot of ‘natty dreads’.
▪ II. natty, a. (adv. and n.)|ˈnætɪ|
[Of obscure origin; at first app. a slang word.]
1. Neatly smart; spruce, trim; exhibiting dainty tidiness, taste or skill:
a. of persons.
1785Grose Dict. Vulgar T., Natty lads, young thieves or pickpockets. 1806T. S. Surr Winter in Lond. I. 15 Tommy was what at that period was termed a natty spark of eighteen. 1812Shelley Juvenilia, Devil's Walk ii, As natty a beau, As Bond Street ever saw. 1860Mrs. De Winton Valley Hundred Fires 176 Being exquisitely clean and natty, he luxuriated in clean shirts.
b. of things.
1801Wolcot (P. Pindar) Tears & Smiles Wks. 1812 V. 74, I recollect..Full well thy natty bob. 1806Simple Narrative I. 110, I shall keep a smart natty little gig. 1834M. Scott Cruise Midge iv. I. 112 An enormously broad-brimmed straw hat, with a black ribbon round it, in rather a natty bow. 1855Thackeray Newcomes xliv, His uncle used to..arrange the natty curl on his forehead. 1894Sala Things I have seen II. x. 45 He wore the nattiest little black kid gloves imaginable.
2. quasi-adv. Nattily.
1810Splendid Follies II. 111 How she had tied her neck⁓cloth so natty, was quite a string of perplexities.
3. absol. as n. A natty person.
1818Moore Fudge Fam. Paris viii. 42 As long as..we Natties May have our full fling at their salmis and pátés. |