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▪ I. pitty, a.|ˈpɪtɪ|
A nursery form of pretty a.
1826M. Roget Jrnl. 27 Oct. in D. L. Emblen P. M. Roget (1970) xi. 191 One year old... Tries to imitate everything she hears, and says ‘Papa’, ‘Mama’, ‘Ta’, ‘Pitty’, ‘Ba’. 1879C. M. Yonge Burnt Out i. 6 Mammy, mammy, pitty, pitty! Dada kill great big piggy wig. 1939Joyce Finnegans Wake (1964) ii. 361 Wingwong welly, pitty pretty Nelly!
▪ II. † pitty
obs. form of petty a.
1598Marston Pygmal. 64 But thus it is when pitty Priscians Will needs step vp to be Censorians. |