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▪ I. plotty, n. Sc.|ˈplɒtɪ|
Also plot(t)ie.
[f. plote, plot v. + -y.]
A hot drink, composed of wine or spirits with hot water and spices.
1824Scott St. Ronan's xxviii, Get us a jug of mulled wine—plottie, as you call it. Ibid., Your plottie is excellent, ever since I taught you to mix the spices in the right proportion. 1857J. Stewart Sk. Scottish Char., etc. 114 (E.D.D.) Arise, an' tak' your morning plotty.
▪ II. plotty, a.|ˈplɒtɪ|
[f. plot n. + -y.]
Connected with a plot or intrigue. Also, of a novel, play, or the like: having an elaborate or complicated plot.
1897‘S. Grand’ Beth Bk. xl. 405, I would not write plotty-plotty books either. 1898E. Pugh Tony Drum ix. 120 Novels of a common type, plotty and passionate, but gilt-edged with the proprieties. 1901Literature 1 June 457/1 It is a relief to recall the ‘plotty’ incident at the inn in connexion with this statement. 1934E. Bowen Cat Jumps 112 So plotty, so damned smart, so careful no one would see us who would remember, a different place every time. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Sept. 546/5 His Phrygian Slave in the Orestes—admittedly a problem—talks a hair-raising amalgam of Wardour Street and hill-billy vernacular. ‘God darn him dead For plotty sneaks,’ this surprising menial observes at one point. 1973L. Hellman Pentimento (1974) 197 What I thought was bite they [sc. theatre critics] thought sad, touching, or plotty and melodramatic. 1974Times 18 Apr. 7/5 The basic plot is a bit plotty. |