litty

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English

Etymology 1

From little +‎ -y.

Adjective

litty (comparative more litty, superlative most litty)

  1. Little.
    • 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, “The Cargo of the ‘Flying Scud’”, in The Wrecker, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, , →OCLC, page 236:
      “I think long time,” replied the Chinaman. “See plenty litty mat lice; too muchy plenty litty mat lice; sixty ton, litty mat lice. I think all-e-time: perhaps plenty opium plenty litty mat lice.”
    • 1895, George B. Myles, The Winning Hand; Or, The Imposter: A Comedy, in Four Acts, page 12:
      Missee Klitty got Jelly on litty string.
    • 1983, The Weft, 1658-1979: A Genealogical Record, page 376:
      Then I will send you some litty brix by him. He says he is not able to carry much but he would take a litty sack full if I would fix it. I will send you some sweet cakes and a few light cakes and a litty buter, and a few apples and a pair of socks, and your litty girls wants to send you a sweet potato but I dont no if I can get them in my sack.
    • 2014, Toni Morrison, Beloved, →ISBN, page 17:
      Those litty bitty potatoes browned on all sides, heavy on the pepper; snap beans seasoned with rind; yellow squash sprinkled with vinegar and sugar
Derived terms

Noun

litty

  1. A little bit.
    • 1859, Jack Ariel, John Davis, Jack Ariel; or, Life on board an Indiaman:
      Keep Joss-house a litty on the larbourd-bow. Steady as you go.
    • 1983, The Weft, 1658-1979: A Genealogical Record, page 376:
      I will send you some sweet cakes and a few light cakes and a litty buter, and a few apples and a pair of socks, and your litty girls wants to send you a sweet potato but I dont no if I can get them in my sack.
    • 2003, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson (edited by Roslyn Jolly), The Cruise of the Janet Nichol Among the South Sea Islands, →ISBN, page 28:
      He dealt warily with traders, whom he classified in three groups: "'He cheat a litty" — "He cheat plenty" — and "I think he cheat too much.'"

Etymology 2

From lit +‎ -y.

Adjective

litty (comparative more litty, superlative most litty)

  1. (West Country, Dorset) Lively and nimble.
    • 1923, John Read, Cluster-o'-vive: stories and studies of old-world Wessex, page 130:
      ...and her pink vrock, and her pink zun-bonnet, and her pink bows all over her, and her pink parasol, and her pink this, and her pink that, skipped up beside her, so litty as a linnet.
    • 2014, Bernard Richards, Alastair Fowler, Brian Richards, English Verse 1830 - 1890, →ISBN, page 35:
      The zilver-weed upon the green, Out where my sons an' daughters played, Had never time to bloom between The litty steps obwoy an' maid.
    • 1962, William Barnes, Poems - Volume 1, page 529:
      Or when the wind, a-springen keen Vrom eastern slopes, did fling about The snow, or overlay the tree An' ground wi' hoar-vrost grey, Sis, sis, our litty steps did sound, A-trippen on the vrosty ground.
  2. (slang) Excellent, extremely fun.
    Synonym: lit

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