clitty
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklɪti/
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Etymology 1
From clit + -y (diminutive suffix).
Noun
clitty (plural clitties)
- (slang) The clitoris; clit.
- (slang, humorous or derogatory) A penis likened to a clitoris, especially in terms of smallness.
- Synonym: clit
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the old dialectal verb clit + -y (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
clitty
- (UK dialectal, obsolete) Poorly or imperfectly set (of bread, cement, soil after rain, etc)
- 1875, Frederick Thomas Elworthy, The Dialect of West Somerset: A Paper Read Before the Philological Society, January 15, 1875, page 141:
- This yur pudden's proper clitty, sure 'nough - I zim tis 'most like putty. […]
- 1867, William Frederick Rock, Jim (fict.name.), Jim and Nell: A Dramatic Poem in the Dialect of North Devon, pages 29-30:
- I'm vexed tha keaks be clitty.
- 1897 January 30th, Evesham Journal, quoted in the EDD:
- The snow seemed to club the land, which got ‘clitty’ and worked badly for a considerable time afterwards.