natty
See also: Natty
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈnæti/
Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -æti
Etymology 1
Originally slang, perhaps related to neat.[1]
Adjective
natty (comparative nattier, superlative nattiest)
- (informal) Smart and fashionable. [from late 18th c.]
- 1997, David Foster Wallace, “David Lynch keeps his head”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group:
- Anyway, while the creepy-video thing is under way there are also some scenes of Pullman looking very natty and East Village in all-black and jamming on his tenor sax in front of a packed dance floor (only in a David Lynch movie would people dance ecstatically to abstract jazz), […]
Translations
Smart and fashionable
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Etymology 2
Adjective
natty (comparative nattier, superlative nattiest)
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
Adjective
natty (comparative more natty, superlative most natty)
- (slang, bodybuilding) Natural, as opposed to steroid enhanced.
Noun
natty (plural natties)
- (slang, bodybuilding) Someone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “natty”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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