litty

Little.

Adjective West Country

  1. Lively and nimble.
    • ...and her pink vrock, and her pink zun-bonnet, and her pink bows all over her, and her pink parasol, and her pink this, and her pink that, skipped up beside her, so litty as a linnet. - 1923, John Read,...
    • The zilver-weed upon the green, Out where my sons an' daughters played, Had never time to bloom between The litty steps obwoy an' maid. - 2014, Bernard Richards, Alastair Fowler, Brian Richards, English Verse 1830 -...
    • Or when the wind, a-springen keen Vrom eastern slopes, did fling about The snow, or overlay the tree An' ground wi' hoar-vrost grey, Sis, sis, our litty steps did sound, A-trippen on the vrosty ground. - 1962, William...
  2. Excellent, extremely fun.

    Synonyms: lit

Origin

From lit + -y.

Forms

more litty most litty

Adjective Entry 2

  1. Little.
    • “I think long time,” replied the Chinaman. “See plenty litty mat lice; too muchy plenty litty mat lice; sixty ton, litty mat lice. I think all-e-time: perhaps plenty opium plenty litty mat lice.” - 1892, Robert Louis...
    • Missee Klitty got Jelly on litty string. - 1895, George B. Myles, The Winning Hand; Or, The Imposter: A Comedy, in Four Acts, page 12:
    • Then I will send you some litty brix by him. He says he is not able to carry much but he would take a litty sack full if I would fix it. I will send you some sweet cakes and a few light cakes and a litty buter, and a...

Origin

From little + -y.

Forms

more litty most litty

Derived

litty-bitty

Noun

  1. A little bit.
    • Keep Joss-house a litty on the larbourd-bow. Steady as you go. - 1859, Jack Ariel, John Davis, Jack Ariel; or, Life on board an Indiaman:
    • I will send you some sweet cakes and a few light cakes and a litty buter, and a few apples and a pair of socks, and your litty girls wants to send you a sweet potato but I dont no if I can get them in my sack. - 1983,...
    • He dealt warily with traders, whom he classified in three groups: "'He cheat a litty" — "He cheat plenty" — and "I think he cheat too much.'" - 2003, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson (edited by Roslyn Jolly), The Cruise of...