chitty

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪti/

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From chit (“sprout”) + -y.

chitty (comparative more chitty, superlative most chitty)

1. Full of chits or sprouts.
2. Afflicted with warts or pimples.

From chit (“young animal, whelp”) + -y.

chitty (comparative more chitty, superlative most chitty)

1. Childish; like a baby.
2. Like a pert young girl; impudent.

• chitty-face

Borrowed from Hindi चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī, “letter, note, written message”). Doublet of cure.

chitty (plural chitties)

2. A small note, such as a pass or voucher slip; any scrip; a company chit.

chitty (plural chitties)

1. Alternative form of chetty (“Indian merchant”).

• “chitty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “chitty”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• titchy