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▪ I. † batty, n.1 Anglo-Indian. Obs.
Forms: 15 batte, 16 batty
[‹ Portuguese bate (1531) ‹ Kannada batta ‹ Sanskrit bhakta food, meal, rice.]
= paddy n.1
1598W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xxxv. 70/1 Rice, of a lesse price & slighter then the other Ryce..is called Batte. 1698J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 67 The Ground between this and the great Breach..bears good Batty.
1813W. Milburn Oriental Comm. (1825) 143 Batty Measure..25 parahs make 1 moorah...4 candies..1 moorah. 1834J. Forbes Oriental Mem. (ed. 2) I. 23 Rice, or batty, is sown in June.
▪ II. batty, n.2 slang (orig. Caribbean and in British Afro-Caribbean usage).
Brit. |ˈbati|, U.S. |ˈbædi|, Caribbean |ˈbati|
Forms: 19– bati, 19– batty
[Representing a Caribbean pronunciation of botty n.]
A person's buttocks; the backside. Also: the posterior of a bird or other animal (rare).
1935H. P. Jacobs Coll. Notes Jamaican Lang. (MS) in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) (at cited word), Wen breeze blow, fowl batty show. 1961F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk vii. 139 The most widely used word for the buttocks..is batty. 1982R. A. K. Heath Kwaku xx. 132 ‘You know what an enema is?’ ‘'Course! Is a tube you stick up people batty to get the shit out of them.’ 1996in R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage 84/2 Teacher I have a boil on my batty and I can't sit down. 1999A. Levy Fruit of Lemon 272 The second one him run off with a young girl with a big batty and wiggle-wiggle hips.
Compounds. batty boy n. (also batty bwoy) derogatory and offensive = battyman n.; cf. bum-boy n. at bum n.1 Additions
1992Newsday (N.Y.) 8 Nov. 21/3 References to ‘*batty boys’ (the Jamaican equivalent of ‘faggot’) have long been common in reggae tunes. 1993‘B. Banton’ Boom Bye Bye (song) in Village Voice (N.Y.) 12 Jan. 36/4 Boom bye bye inna batty bwoy 'ead. Rudebwoy nuh promote no nasty man dem haffi de'd. 1996Voice (Nexis) 24 Sept. 20 Michael is more than aware that for some macho brothers this all might sound too much like Waiting to Exhale luvvie rubbish at best and ‘batty bwoy business’ at worst.
battyman n. derogatory and offensive a homosexual man.
1967F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (at cited word), *Bati-man, a homosexual; a pederast. 1979D. Walcott O Babylon 180 Rude Bwoy: Come kiss me, General. Sufferer: Go way, batty-man. 1993V. Headley Excess xii. 151 ‘I don't want no man feint fe me still, its strictly girls me a deal wid y'hear?’.. ‘Yeah, we don't cater fe batty man, seen?!’ 2000L. Ross in C. Newland IC3 410 For me, this pretty man was the ultimate looker, and I laughed privately when male friends called him a ‘battyman’ because he wore lace.
batty riders n. (also batty rider) a pair of brief, tight shorts worn by young women, esp. associated with the subculture of ragga and dancehall music; cf. hot pants n. 2.
1992Observer 2 Aug. 44/3 *Batty riders are shorts that ragga girls and women wear. The name is apt—‘batty’ is patois for bottom... Batty riders..are as tight and short as knickers, in crinkle stretch fabric with frills around the legs. 1993Vibe Sept. 86/2 ‘I like breaking rules men set,’ she says. ‘I'm a dancehall goddess, to the top. I'll wear a batty rider and my printers [tight shorts], but they're warrior clothes.’ 1996V. Walters Rude Girls xi. 221 Inside the shop were whole heaps of linen suits, batty riders, cat-suits, click suits, string T-shirts, leggings with chains on them. 2000Toronto Star (Electronic ed.) 28 Sept. You want me to uplift my nation? Or, you want me to continue singing ‘Baby, baby I love you in your batty rider?’ Songs that you can now point your finger at me and say ‘Yes, he was also negative.’
▪ III. batty, a.|ˈbætɪ|
Also 7 battie.
[f. bat n.1 + -y1.]
1. Of or belonging to a bat, bat-like.
1590Shakes. Mids. N. iii. ii. 365 Sleepe With leaden legs, and Battie-wings doth creepe. 1883E. H. Aitken Tribes on Frontier 69 The fruit-bat or flying-fox..would not be a bat at all but for..a strong batty smell.
2. ‘Balmy’, ‘dotty’. (Cf. bat n.1 1 b.) colloq. or slang.
1903A. L. Kleberg Slang Fables from Afar iii. 23 She..acted so queer..that he decided she was Batty. 1917J. Farnol Definite Object iii. 32, I mean, is 'e batty? 1926British Weekly 25 Nov. 242/3 He's a bit batty every now and anon. 1934R. Macaulay Going Abroad vii. 57 He'd go batty with rage. |