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English
Etymology 1
Noun
lighty (plural lighties)
- (South Africa, slang) A young man; a boy.
Etymology 2
Adverb
lighty
- (obsolete) Alternative form of lightly; however, more often a misspelling of lightly.
1784, Thomas Percy, “The Hermit of Warkworth, a Northumberland Ballad”, in Thomas Evans, Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date, volume 3, page 23:That heart, she said, is lighty priz'd, / Which is too lighty won; / And long shall rue that easy maid / Who yields her love too soon.
Middle English
Etymology
From light (noun) + -y, -i (suffix forming an adjective).
Adjective
lighty
- bright, illuminated, spiritually enlightened
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
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