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单词 trotty
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trottyadj.

/ˈtrɒti/
Forms: Also trottie.
Etymology: < trot n.1 + -y suffix1.
colloquial.
1. Of daintily small proportions.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small and dainty or trim
dapper1579
dinky1788
trotty1891
1891 ‘L. Malet’ Wages of Sin II. v. i. 165 Some of the little silk shifties and night-i-gowns were simply too trottie for words.
1895 Punch 15 June 285/3 When countesses mount 'em at Chelsea, they're trotty and puffeck OK!
2. Of a person: agreeable, amenable.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > tractable
beisuma1225
treatable1303
waldinc1485
tractable?1504
towardly1513
obsequent1520
conformable1547
unwilful1570
sonsya1622
ductile1622
obedible1622
ductible1623
unobstinate1632
ducible1633
docile1647
fictile1676
amenable1680
tawie1786
trottya1913
a1913 F. Rolfe Desire & Pursuit of Whole (1934) xi. 109 ‘I can't tell you how trotty we think it of you!’..bibbled the woman.
1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song i. i. 4 Trotty little ladies with dresses tight blown about trotty little figures.
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