slitty

slitty

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English slit
English -y
English slitty

    From slit + -y.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈslɪti/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Adjective

    slitty (comparative slittier, superlative slittiest)

    1. Slitlike.
      • 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 8:
        It had a peculiar alien tallness, a peculiar alien flattened head, peculiar slitty little alien eyes[.]
      • 1997, Ben Pimlott, The Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth II:
        Chatting to some British students, he cheerily remarked that they would get "slitty eyes" if they stayed too long in China.
      • 1998, Julie Myerson, Me and the Fat Man:
        We choose the farthest away church with the blackest, slittiest windows and he pulls me and Jimmy in.

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