pittyadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɪti/, U.S.

/ˈpɪdi/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pretty adj.

Etymology: Representing a child's pronunciation of pretty adj.

nursery and colloquial.

Pretty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > pretty

gentc1275

pretty1440

jant1638

dimber1665

belle1668

genty1701

prettyish1741

maidenish-looking1789

darling1805

pooty1825

pitty1826

purty1829

mooi1850

dotey1852

cute1868

1826 M. 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’.

1879 C. M. Yonge Burnt Out i. 6 Mammy, mammy, pitty, pitty! Dada kill great big piggy wig.

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake ii. 361 Wingwong welly, pitty pretty Nelly!

2004 Pacific Daily News (Hagatna, Guam) (Nexis) 11 Jan. 23 a The differences in refraction of light caused by a raindrop are just a ‘pitty raybow’ [to a two-year-old child].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pitty
释义	pittyadj. Brit. /ˈpɪti/, U.S. /ˈpɪdi/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pretty adj. Etymology: Representing a child's pronunciation of pretty adj. nursery and colloquial. Pretty. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > pretty gentc1275 pretty1440 jant1638 dimber1665 belle1668 genty1701 prettyish1741 maidenish-looking1789 darling1805 pooty1825 pitty1826 purty1829 mooi1850 dotey1852 cute1868 1826 M. 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’. 1879 C. M. Yonge Burnt Out i. 6 Mammy, mammy, pitty, pitty! Dada kill great big piggy wig. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake ii. 361 Wingwong welly, pitty pretty Nelly! 2004 Pacific Daily News (Hagatna, Guam) (Nexis) 11 Jan. 23 a The differences in refraction of light caused by a raindrop are just a ‘pitty raybow’ [to a two-year-old child]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1826
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