chittyn.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪti/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪdi/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– chitty, 1800s chithee, 1900s– chitti.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Etymons: Marathi chiṭṭhī, Hindi chiṭṭhī.

Etymology: < Marathi chiṭṭhī, chiṭhī and its cognate Hindi ciṭṭhī document, letter, note, promissory note, pass, of uncertain origin (compare Tamil cīṭṭu, although the nature of relationship between the Tamil and Hindi words is unclear).

Originally Indian English.

A short official note signed by a person in authority, typically written or printed on a slip of paper and granting the bearer permission to do something; (also) a voucher, certificate, etc.; = chit n.⁵ 1.Chit is now the commoner word.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun]

epistleeOE

pistleOE

writOE

letter?c1225

brief1330

writingc1384

missive letter1519

scroll1534

missive?1553

scrieve1581

favour1645

chitty1698

chit1757

mail letter1799

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes

placard1482

warranta1513

placket1571

placate1572

licence1598

permission1607

purwanah1619

permit1649

furlougha1658

legitimation1660

chitty1698

chop1699

cedula1724

ticket of leave1732

chit1757

stiff1892

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia iii. iv. 126 I sent my Gulleon Peon..with his Master's Chitty, or Pass, to the Governor.

1811 W. Kirkpatrick tr. Tīpū Sultān Select. Lett. Tippo Sultan cclix. 284 You are to sell rice..to every merchant from Muscat, who brings you a chitty [or certificate] from Meer Kâzim.

1829 Let. in A. S. H. Mountain Mem. & Lett. (1857) v. 85 He wanted a chithee or note, for this is the most note-writing country under heaven.

1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. xv. 243 This evening comes a native trooper into camp with a chitty for ‘Russell Sahib Bahadoor’.

1947 E. P. MacDonald Undercover Girl v. 81 Even Ali was upset. He suggested that we allow him to take a chitty to the Imperial tendering our regrets.

1962 Daily Mail 26 June 12/8 You have to get a chitty signed by the umpire before you can go over the wicket.

2012 M. B. Bohn Kin to Wind xiii. 215 Peter gazed at the scrap of paper and marveled. ‘That little chitty is a one-way ticket from Bahrain to Cape Town.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

† chittyadj.¹

Etymology: < chit n.² + -y suffix¹.

Obsolete. rare.

Freckled or warty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [adjective] > wart

warty1483

chitty1552

warted1615

verrucose1686

verrucateda1728

verrucous1728

verruculose1846

the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [adjective] > spot or mark > freckle

freckened?a1400

freckledc1440

frecknyc1440

fernticled1483

chitty1552

lentiginous1598

freckled-faced1612

frecklish1692

frecklya1704

flecked1868

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Chytty, or full of chyttes or wartes, lentiginosus.

c1729 R. Drury Rival Milliners ii. xi Shall they, such chitty Jades, so happy be.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

chittyadj.²

Etymology: Apparently deduced < chitty-face n., but afterwards associated with chit n.¹

Said of the face:

a. Lean and pinched.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective]

flatc1400

hardc1400

low-cheeredc1400

large?a1425

ruscledc1440

well-visagedc1440

platter-faced1533

well-faced1534

full-faced1543

fair-faced1553

bright-faceda1560

crab-faced1563

crab-snouted1563

crab-tree-faced1563

long-visaged1584

owlya1586

wainscot-faced1588

flaberkin1592

rough-hewn1593

angel-faced1594

round-faced1594

crab-favoured1596

rugged1596

weasel-faced1596

rough-faced1598

half-faced1600

chitty1601

lenten-faced1604

broad-faced1607

dog-faced1607

weaselled-faced1607

wry-faced1607

maid-faced1610

warp-faced1611

ill-faceda1616

lean-faceda1616

old-faceda1616

moon-faced1619

monkey-faced1620

chitty-face1622

chitty-faceda1627

lean-chapt1629

antic-faced1635

bloat-faced1638

bacon-facea1640

blue-faced1640

hatchet-faced1648

grave1650

lean-jawed1679

smock-faced1684

lean-visaged1686

flaber1687

baby-faced1692

splatter-faced1707

chubby1722

puggy1722

block-faced1751

haggard-looking1756

long-faced1762

haggardly1763

fresh-faced1766

dough-faced1773

pudding-faced1777

baby-featured1780

fat-faced1782

haggard1787

weazen-face1794

keen1798

ferret-like1801

lean-cheeked1812

mulberry-faced1812

open-faced1813

open-countenanced1819

chiselled1821

hatchety1821

misfeatured1822

terse1824

weazen-faced1824

mahogany-faced1825

clock-faced1827

sharp1832

sensual1833

beef-faced1838

weaselly1838

ferret-faced1840

sensuous1843

rat-faced1844

recedent1849

neat-faced1850

cherubimical1854

pinch-faced1859

cherubic1860

frownya1861

receding1866

weak1882

misfeaturing1885

platopic1885

platyopic1885

pro-opic1885

wind-splitting1890

falcon-face1891

blunt-featured1916

bun-faced1927

fish-faced1963

1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B2^v A chitty well complexioned face, And yet it wants a beard.

1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. ii. iii. 477 Every Louer admires his mistris, though she..haue a..thin, leane, chitty face.

b. Puny, childish, baby-like.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [adjective]

childishc1405

indigest1423

bairnly1533

babish?1552

babished1563

babyish1646

puerilea1680

chitty1755

jejune1898

immature1902

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Chitty, childish, like a baby.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

n.1698

adj.¹1552

adj.²1601

单词	chitty
释义	chittyn. Brit. /ˈtʃɪti/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪdi/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– chitty, 1800s chithee, 1900s– chitti. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Etymons: Marathi chiṭṭhī, Hindi chiṭṭhī. Etymology: < Marathi chiṭṭhī, chiṭhī and its cognate Hindi ciṭṭhī document, letter, note, promissory note, pass, of uncertain origin (compare Tamil cīṭṭu, although the nature of relationship between the Tamil and Hindi words is unclear). Originally Indian English. A short official note signed by a person in authority, typically written or printed on a slip of paper and granting the bearer permission to do something; (also) a voucher, certificate, etc.; = chit n.⁵ 1.Chit is now the commoner word. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] epistleeOE pistleOE writOE letter?c1225 brief1330 writingc1384 missive letter1519 scroll1534 missive?1553 scrieve1581 favour1645 chitty1698 chit1757 mail letter1799 society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes placard1482 warranta1513 placket1571 placate1572 licence1598 permission1607 purwanah1619 permit1649 furlougha1658 legitimation1660 chitty1698 chop1699 cedula1724 ticket of leave1732 chit1757 stiff1892 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia iii. iv. 126 I sent my Gulleon Peon..with his Master's Chitty, or Pass, to the Governor. 1811 W. Kirkpatrick tr. Tīpū Sultān Select. Lett. Tippo Sultan cclix. 284 You are to sell rice..to every merchant from Muscat, who brings you a chitty [or certificate] from Meer Kâzim. 1829 Let. in A. S. H. Mountain Mem. & Lett. (1857) v. 85 He wanted a chithee or note, for this is the most note-writing country under heaven. 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. xv. 243 This evening comes a native trooper into camp with a chitty for ‘Russell Sahib Bahadoor’. 1947 E. P. MacDonald Undercover Girl v. 81 Even Ali was upset. He suggested that we allow him to take a chitty to the Imperial tendering our regrets. 1962 Daily Mail 26 June 12/8 You have to get a chitty signed by the umpire before you can go over the wicket. 2012 M. B. Bohn Kin to Wind xiii. 215 Peter gazed at the scrap of paper and marveled. ‘That little chitty is a one-way ticket from Bahrain to Cape Town.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). † chittyadj.¹ Etymology: < chit n.² + -y suffix¹. Obsolete. rare. Freckled or warty. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [adjective] > wart warty1483 chitty1552 warted1615 verrucose1686 verrucateda1728 verrucous1728 verruculose1846 the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [adjective] > spot or mark > freckle freckened?a1400 freckledc1440 frecknyc1440 fernticled1483 chitty1552 lentiginous1598 freckled-faced1612 frecklish1692 frecklya1704 flecked1868 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Chytty, or full of chyttes or wartes, lentiginosus. c1729 R. Drury Rival Milliners ii. xi Shall they, such chitty Jades, so happy be. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). chittyadj.² Etymology: Apparently deduced < chitty-face n., but afterwards associated with chit n.¹ Said of the face: a. Lean and pinched. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective] flatc1400 hardc1400 low-cheeredc1400 large?a1425 ruscledc1440 well-visagedc1440 platter-faced1533 well-faced1534 full-faced1543 fair-faced1553 bright-faceda1560 crab-faced1563 crab-snouted1563 crab-tree-faced1563 long-visaged1584 owlya1586 wainscot-faced1588 flaberkin1592 rough-hewn1593 angel-faced1594 round-faced1594 crab-favoured1596 rugged1596 weasel-faced1596 rough-faced1598 half-faced1600 chitty1601 lenten-faced1604 broad-faced1607 dog-faced1607 weaselled-faced1607 wry-faced1607 maid-faced1610 warp-faced1611 ill-faceda1616 lean-faceda1616 old-faceda1616 moon-faced1619 monkey-faced1620 chitty-face1622 chitty-faceda1627 lean-chapt1629 antic-faced1635 bloat-faced1638 bacon-facea1640 blue-faced1640 hatchet-faced1648 grave1650 lean-jawed1679 smock-faced1684 lean-visaged1686 flaber1687 baby-faced1692 splatter-faced1707 chubby1722 puggy1722 block-faced1751 haggard-looking1756 long-faced1762 haggardly1763 fresh-faced1766 dough-faced1773 pudding-faced1777 baby-featured1780 fat-faced1782 haggard1787 weazen-face1794 keen1798 ferret-like1801 lean-cheeked1812 mulberry-faced1812 open-faced1813 open-countenanced1819 chiselled1821 hatchety1821 misfeatured1822 terse1824 weazen-faced1824 mahogany-faced1825 clock-faced1827 sharp1832 sensual1833 beef-faced1838 weaselly1838 ferret-faced1840 sensuous1843 rat-faced1844 recedent1849 neat-faced1850 cherubimical1854 pinch-faced1859 cherubic1860 frownya1861 receding1866 weak1882 misfeaturing1885 platopic1885 platyopic1885 pro-opic1885 wind-splitting1890 falcon-face1891 blunt-featured1916 bun-faced1927 fish-faced1963 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B2^v A chitty well complexioned face, And yet it wants a beard. 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. ii. iii. 477 Every Louer admires his mistris, though she..haue a..thin, leane, chitty face. b. Puny, childish, baby-like. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [adjective] childishc1405 indigest1423 bairnly1533 babish?1552 babished1563 babyish1646 puerilea1680 chitty1755 jejune1898 immature1902 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Chitty, childish, like a baby. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1698adj.¹1552adj.²1601
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