cutty

English

Alternative forms

• cuttie

Etymology

cut +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌti/

Adjective

cutty (comparative more cutty, superlative most cutty)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) Short, shortened, or small; curtailed.

Derived terms

• cutty grass
• cutty-brown
• cutty-gun

• cutty-hare
• cuttymum

• cutty-stoup
• cutty-quean

Noun

cutty (plural cutties)

1. (Scotland) A short spoon.
2. (Scotland) A short tobacco pipe.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ramsay to this entry?)

3. (Scotland, archaic) A wanton or unchaste woman.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

4. (Scotland, archaic) A girl with a short, dumpy figure.

See also

• cutty grass

References

• John Jamieson (1825) A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement [1]

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Scots

Etymology

From cut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌtɪ/, /ˈkʌti/

Adjective

cutty (comparative mair cutty, superlative maist cutty)

1. short, stumpy

Noun

cutty (plural cutties)

1. (archaic) child