† battyn.¹

Forms: 1500s batte, 1600s batty.

Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese bate.

Etymology: < Portuguese bate (1531) < Kannada batta < Sanskrit bhakta food, meal, rice.

Anglo-Indian. Obsolete.

= paddy n.¹

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the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > rice

ricea1325

batty1598

paddy1623

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xxxv. 70/1 Rice, of a lesse price & slighter then the other Ryce..is called Batte.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 67 The Ground between this and the great Breach..bears good Batty.

1813 W. Milburn Oriental Commerce I. 180 These measures serve for..all kinds of grain, except Rice or Batty, which is sold by Batta Measure..25 Parahs make 1 Moorah..4 Candies..1 Moorah.1834 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. (ed. 2) I. 23 Rice, or batty, is sown in June.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

battyn.²

Brit.

/ˈbati/, U.S.

/ˈbædi/, Caribbean English

/ˈbati/

Forms: 1900s– bati, 1900s– batty.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: botty n.

Etymology: Representing a Caribbean pronunciation of botty n.

slang (originally Caribbean and in British Afro-Caribbean usage).

A person's buttocks; the backside. Also: the posterior of a bird or other animal (rare).

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > buttock(s) > [noun]

flitcha700

arse-endseOE

culec1220

buttockc1300

tail1303

toutec1305

nagea1325

fundamentc1325

tail-end1377

brawna1382

buma1387

bewschers?a1400

crouponc1400

rumplec1430

lendc1440

nachec1440

luddocka1475

rearwarda1475

croupc1475

rumpc1475

dock1508

hurdies1535

bunc1538

sitting place1545

bottom?c1550

prat1567

nates1581

backside1593

crupper1594

posteriorums1596

catastrophe1600

podex1601

posterior1605

seat1607

poop1611

stern1631

cheek1639

breeka1642

doup1653

bumkin1658

bumfiddle1661

assa1672

butt1675

quarter1678

foundation1681

toby1681

bung1691

rear1716

fud1722

moon1756

derrière1774

rass1790

stern-post1810

sit-down1812

hinderland1817

hinderling1817

nancy1819

ultimatum1823

behinda1830

duff?1837

botty1842

rear end1851

latter end1852

hinder?1857

sit1862

sit-me-down1866

stern-works1879

tuchus1886

jacksy-pardy1891

sit-upon1910

can1913

truck-end1913

sitzfleisch1916

B.T.M.1919

fanny1919

bot1922

heinie1922

beam1929

yas yas1929

keister1931

batty1935

bim1935

arse-end1937

twat1937

okole1938

bahookie1939

bohunkus1941

quoit1941

patoot1942

rusty-dusty1942

dinger1943

jacksie1943

zatch1950

ding1957

booty1959

patootie1959

buns1960

wazoo1961

tush1962

1935 H. P. Jacobs Coll. Notes Jamaican Lang. (MS) in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) (at cited word) Wen breeze blow, fowl batty show.

1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk vii. 139 The most widely used word for the buttocks..is batty.

1982 R. A. K. Heath Kwaku xx. 132 ‘You know what an enema is?’ ‘'Course! Is a tube you stick up people batty to get the shit out of them.’

1996 in R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage 84/2 Teacher I have a boil on my batty and I can't sit down.

1999 A. Levy Fruit of Lemon 272 The second one him run off with a young girl with a big batty and wiggle-wiggle hips.

Compounds

batty boy n. (frequently in form batty bwoy) derogatory and offensive = battyman n.; cf. bumboy n..

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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > male

badlingeOE

nan1670

molly1708

Miss Molly1754

Miss Nancy1824

molly mop1829

poof1833

Margery?c1855

Mary Ann1868

pretty-boy1881

cocksucker1885

poofter1889

queer1894

fruit1895

fairy1896

homosexualist1898

puff1902

pussy1904

nance1910

quean1910

girl1912

faggot1913

mouser1914

queen1919

fag1921

gay boy1921

maricon1921

pie-face1922

bitch1923

Jessie1923

tapette1923

pansy1926

nancy boy1927

nelly1931

femme1932

ponce1932

punk1933

queerie1933

gobbler1934

jocker1935

queenie1935

iron1936

freak1941

swish1941

flit1942

tonk1943

wonk1945

mother1947

fruitcake1952

Mary1953

twink1953

swishy1959

limp wrist1960

arse bandit1961

leather man1961

booty bandit1962

ginger beer1964

bummer1965

poofteroo1966

shirtlifter1966

battyman1967

dick-sucker1968

mo1968

a friend of Dorothy1972

shim1973

gaylord1976

twinkie1977

woofter1977

bender1986

knob jockey1989

batty boy1992

cake boy1992

1992 Newsday (N.Y.) 8 Nov. 21/3 References to ‘batty boys’ (the Jamaican equivalent of ‘faggot’) have long been common in reggae tunes.

1993 ‘B. Banton’ Boom Bye Bye (song) in Village Voice (N.Y.) 12 Jan. 36/4 Boom bye bye inna batty bwoy 'ead. Rudebwoy nuh promote no nasty man dem haffi de'd.

1996 Voice (Nexis) 24 Sept. 20 Michael is more than aware that for some macho brothers this all might sound too much like Waiting to Exhale luvvie rubbish at best and ‘batty bwoy business’ at worst.

battyman n. derogatory and offensive a homosexual man.

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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > male

badlingeOE

nan1670

molly1708

Miss Molly1754

Miss Nancy1824

molly mop1829

poof1833

Margery?c1855

Mary Ann1868

pretty-boy1881

cocksucker1885

poofter1889

queer1894

fruit1895

fairy1896

homosexualist1898

puff1902

pussy1904

nance1910

quean1910

girl1912

faggot1913

mouser1914

queen1919

fag1921

gay boy1921

maricon1921

pie-face1922

bitch1923

Jessie1923

tapette1923

pansy1926

nancy boy1927

nelly1931

femme1932

ponce1932

punk1933

queerie1933

gobbler1934

jocker1935

queenie1935

iron1936

freak1941

swish1941

flit1942

tonk1943

wonk1945

mother1947

fruitcake1952

Mary1953

twink1953

swishy1959

limp wrist1960

arse bandit1961

leather man1961

booty bandit1962

ginger beer1964

bummer1965

poofteroo1966

shirtlifter1966

battyman1967

dick-sucker1968

mo1968

a friend of Dorothy1972

shim1973

gaylord1976

twinkie1977

woofter1977

bender1986

knob jockey1989

batty boy1992

cake boy1992

1967 F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (at cited word) Bati-man, a homosexual; a pederast.

1979 D. Walcott O Babylon 180 Rude Bwoy: Come kiss me, General. Sufferer: Go way, batty-man.

1993 V. Headley Excess xii. 151 ‘I don't want no man feint fe me still, its strictly girls me a deal wid y'hear?’.. ‘Yeah, we don't cater fe batty man, seen?!’

2000 L. Ross in C. Newland IC3 410 For me, this pretty man was the ultimate looker, and I laughed privately when male friends called him a ‘battyman’ because he wore lace.

batty riders n. (also batty rider) a pair of brief, tight shorts worn by young women, esp. associated with the subculture of ragga and dancehall music; cf. hot pants n. 2.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > short trousers or shorts > types of

panties1845

lederhosen1937

Bermuda shorts1938

walk shorts1944

Bermudas1954

knickers1954

skort1957

Jamaica shorts1959

baggies1962

cut-off1964

Jamaica1964

sleep-shorts1964

hot pants1970

batty riders1992

1992 Observer 2 Aug. 44/3 Batty riders are shorts that ragga girls and women wear. The name is apt—‘batty’ is patois for bottom... Batty riders..are as tight and short as knickers, in crinkle stretch fabric with frills around the legs.

1993 Vibe Sept. 86/2 ‘I like breaking rules men set,’ she says. ‘I'm a dancehall goddess, to the top. I'll wear a batty rider and my printers [tight shorts], but they're warrior clothes.’

1996 V. Walters Rude Girls xi. 221 Inside the shop were whole heaps of linen suits, batty riders, cat-suits, click suits, string T-shirts, leggings with chains on them.

2000 Toronto Star (Electronic ed.) 28 Sept. You want me to uplift my nation? Or, you want me to continue singing ‘Baby, baby I love you in your batty rider?’ Songs that you can now point your finger at me and say ‘Yes, he was also negative.’

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

battyadj.

Brit.

/ˈbati/, U.S.

/ˈbædi/

Forms: Also 1600s battie.

Etymology: < bat n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

1. Of or belonging to a bat, bat-like.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [adjective]

batty1600

battish1704

bat-likea1711

cheiropteran1835

vespertilian1874

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 367 Sleepe, With leaden legs, and Batty wings [1623 Battie-wings] doth creepe.

1883 E. H. Aitken Tribes on my Frontier 69 The fruit-bat or flying-fox..would not be a bat at all but for..a strong batty smell.

2. ‘Balmy’, ‘dotty’. (Cf. bat n.¹ b) colloquial or slang.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with

woodc725

woodsekc890

giddyc1000

out of (by, from, of) wit or one's witc1000

witlessc1000

brainsickOE

amadc1225

lunaticc1290

madc1330

sickc1340

brain-wooda1375

out of one's minda1387

frenetica1398

fonda1400

formada1400

unwisea1400

brainc1400

unwholec1400

alienate?a1425

brainless1434

distract of one's wits1470

madfula1475

furious1475

distract1481

fro oneself1483

beside oneself1490

beside one's patience1490

dementa1500

red-wood?1507

extraught1509

misminded1509

peevish1523

bedlam-ripe1525

straughta1529

fanatic1533

bedlama1535

daft1540

unsounda1547

stark raving (also staring) mad1548

distraughted1572

insane1575

acrazeda1577

past oneself1576

frenzy1577

poll-mad1577

out of one's senses1580

maddeda1586

frenetical1588

distempered1593

distraught1597

crazed1599

diswitted1599

idle-headed1599

lymphatical1603

extract1608

madling1608

distracteda1616

informala1616

far gone1616

crazy1617

March mada1625

non compos mentis1628

brain-crazed1632

demented1632

crack-brained1634

arreptitiousa1641

dementate1640

dementated1650

brain-crackeda1652

insaniated1652

exsensed1654

bedlam-witteda1657

lymphatic1656

mad-like1679

dementative1685

non compos1699

beside one's gravity1716

hyte1720

lymphated1727

out of one's head1733

maddened1735

swivel-eyed1758

wrong1765

brainsickly1770

fatuous1773

derangedc1790

alienated1793

shake-brained1793

crack-headed1796

flighty1802

wowf1802

doitrified1808

phrenesiac1814

bedlamite1815

mad-braineda1822

fey1823

bedlamitish1824

skire1825

beside one's wits1827

as mad as a hatter1829

crazied1842

off one's head1842

bemadded1850

loco1852

off one's nut1858

off his chump1864

unsane1867

meshuga1868

non-sane1868

loony1872

bee-headed1879

off one's onion1881

off one's base1882

(to go) off one's dot1883

locoed1885

screwy1887

off one's rocker1890

balmy or barmy on (or in) the crumpet1891

meshuggener1892

nutty1892

buggy1893

bughouse1894

off one's pannikin1894

ratty1895

off one's trolley1896

batchy1898

twisted1900

batsc1901

batty1903

dippy1903

bugs1904

dingy1904

up the (also a) pole1904

nut1906

nuts1908

nutty as a fruitcake1911

bugged1920

potty1920

cuckoo1923

nutsy1923

puggled1923

blah1924

détraqué1925

doolally1925

off one's rocket1925

puggle1925

mental1927

phooey1927

crackers1928

squirrelly1928

over the edge1929

round the bend1929

lakes1934

ding-a-ling1935

wacky1935

screwball1936

dingbats1937

Asiatic1938

parlatic1941

troppo1941

up the creek1941

screwed-up1943

bonkers1945

psychological1952

out to lunch1955

starkers1956

off (one's) squiff1960

round the twist1960

yampy1963

out of (also off) one's bird1966

out of one's skull1967

whacked out1969

batshit1971

woo-woo1971

nutso1973

out of (one's) gourd1977

wacko1977

off one's meds1986

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > eccentric or cranky

fantastical1531

odd1577

eccentric1685

fanaticized1827

cranky1850

bee-bonneted1856

cornery1887

screwy1887

kinky1889

crankish1892

ratty1895

batchy1898

batsc1901

batty1903

potty1920

offbeat1922

off-centre1930

wacky1935

screwball1936

up the creek1941

oddball1945

wackadoo1958

kooky1959

wiggy1963

flaky1964

nutball1968

woo-woo1971

wacko1977

off-kilter1985

wackadoodle1993

fantastic-

1903 A. Kleberg Slang Fables iii. 23 She..acted so queer..that he decided she was Batty.

1917 J. Farnol Definite Object iii. 32 I mean, is 'e batty?

1922 Short Stories Feb. 18/2 I must be getting batty as well as gray.

1926 Brit. Weekly 25 Nov. 242/3 He's a bit batty every now and anon.

1934 R. Macaulay Going Abroad vii. 57 He'd go batty with rage.

Draft additions September 2013

ˈbattily adv. colloquial eccentrically; crazily, madly.

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1977 Transcript (North Adams, Mass.) 29 Apr. 4/4 Weirdos speaking..in picturesque and battily nonsensical language.

1998 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 26 Sept. Iris Murdoch and John Bayley..have always seemed the epitome of the battily eccentric English couple.

2006 S. Callow Orson Welles (2007) II. iii. xix. 374 The following trial scene is presented as circus..with red-faced Erskine Sandford battily presiding over the strutting attorneys.

ˈbattiness n. colloquial eccentricity; craziness, madness.

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1901 Semi-weekly Iowa State Reporter 4 Oct. 1/4 During his temporary spell of hallucination and battiness, some one robbed him of $16.

1960 Times 9 Aug. 12/4 The mad one..was led to her room in the second act after an orgy of battiness.

2008 H. Ferguson Operation Kronstadt (2010) iv. 58 The old man's genuine warmth and enthusiasm (and slight battiness) soon won Paul over.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

n.¹1598

n.²1935

adj.1600

单词	batty
释义	† battyn.¹ Forms: 1500s batte, 1600s batty. Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese bate. Etymology: < Portuguese bate (1531) < Kannada batta < Sanskrit bhakta food, meal, rice. Anglo-Indian. Obsolete. = paddy n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > rice ricea1325 batty1598 paddy1623 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xxxv. 70/1 Rice, of a lesse price & slighter then the other Ryce..is called Batte. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 67 The Ground between this and the great Breach..bears good Batty. 1813 W. Milburn Oriental Commerce I. 180 These measures serve for..all kinds of grain, except Rice or Batty, which is sold by Batta Measure..25 Parahs make 1 Moorah..4 Candies..1 Moorah.1834 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. (ed. 2) I. 23 Rice, or batty, is sown in June. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). battyn.² Brit. /ˈbati/, U.S. /ˈbædi/, Caribbean English /ˈbati/ Forms: 1900s– bati, 1900s– batty. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: botty n. Etymology: Representing a Caribbean pronunciation of botty n. slang (originally Caribbean and in British Afro-Caribbean usage). A person's buttocks; the backside. Also: the posterior of a bird or other animal (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > buttock(s) > [noun] flitcha700 arse-endseOE culec1220 buttockc1300 tail1303 toutec1305 nagea1325 fundamentc1325 tail-end1377 brawna1382 buma1387 bewschers?a1400 crouponc1400 rumplec1430 lendc1440 nachec1440 luddocka1475 rearwarda1475 croupc1475 rumpc1475 dock1508 hurdies1535 bunc1538 sitting place1545 bottom?c1550 prat1567 nates1581 backside1593 crupper1594 posteriorums1596 catastrophe1600 podex1601 posterior1605 seat1607 poop1611 stern1631 cheek1639 breeka1642 doup1653 bumkin1658 bumfiddle1661 assa1672 butt1675 quarter1678 foundation1681 toby1681 bung1691 rear1716 fud1722 moon1756 derrière1774 rass1790 stern-post1810 sit-down1812 hinderland1817 hinderling1817 nancy1819 ultimatum1823 behinda1830 duff?1837 botty1842 rear end1851 latter end1852 hinder?1857 sit1862 sit-me-down1866 stern-works1879 tuchus1886 jacksy-pardy1891 sit-upon1910 can1913 truck-end1913 sitzfleisch1916 B.T.M.1919 fanny1919 bot1922 heinie1922 beam1929 yas yas1929 keister1931 batty1935 bim1935 arse-end1937 twat1937 okole1938 bahookie1939 bohunkus1941 quoit1941 patoot1942 rusty-dusty1942 dinger1943 jacksie1943 zatch1950 ding1957 booty1959 patootie1959 buns1960 wazoo1961 tush1962 1935 H. P. Jacobs Coll. Notes Jamaican Lang. (MS) in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) (at cited word) Wen breeze blow, fowl batty show. 1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk vii. 139 The most widely used word for the buttocks..is batty. 1982 R. A. K. Heath Kwaku xx. 132 ‘You know what an enema is?’ ‘'Course! Is a tube you stick up people batty to get the shit out of them.’ 1996 in R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage 84/2 Teacher I have a boil on my batty and I can't sit down. 1999 A. Levy Fruit of Lemon 272 The second one him run off with a young girl with a big batty and wiggle-wiggle hips. Compounds batty boy n. (frequently in form batty bwoy) derogatory and offensive = battyman n.; cf. bumboy n.. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > male badlingeOE nan1670 molly1708 Miss Molly1754 Miss Nancy1824 molly mop1829 poof1833 Margery?c1855 Mary Ann1868 pretty-boy1881 cocksucker1885 poofter1889 queer1894 fruit1895 fairy1896 homosexualist1898 puff1902 pussy1904 nance1910 quean1910 girl1912 faggot1913 mouser1914 queen1919 fag1921 gay boy1921 maricon1921 pie-face1922 bitch1923 Jessie1923 tapette1923 pansy1926 nancy boy1927 nelly1931 femme1932 ponce1932 punk1933 queerie1933 gobbler1934 jocker1935 queenie1935 iron1936 freak1941 swish1941 flit1942 tonk1943 wonk1945 mother1947 fruitcake1952 Mary1953 twink1953 swishy1959 limp wrist1960 arse bandit1961 leather man1961 booty bandit1962 ginger beer1964 bummer1965 poofteroo1966 shirtlifter1966 battyman1967 dick-sucker1968 mo1968 a friend of Dorothy1972 shim1973 gaylord1976 twinkie1977 woofter1977 bender1986 knob jockey1989 batty boy1992 cake boy1992 1992 Newsday (N.Y.) 8 Nov. 21/3 References to ‘batty boys’ (the Jamaican equivalent of ‘faggot’) have long been common in reggae tunes. 1993 ‘B. Banton’ Boom Bye Bye (song) in Village Voice (N.Y.) 12 Jan. 36/4 Boom bye bye inna batty bwoy 'ead. Rudebwoy nuh promote no nasty man dem haffi de'd. 1996 Voice (Nexis) 24 Sept. 20 Michael is more than aware that for some macho brothers this all might sound too much like Waiting to Exhale luvvie rubbish at best and ‘batty bwoy business’ at worst. battyman n. derogatory and offensive a homosexual man. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > male badlingeOE nan1670 molly1708 Miss Molly1754 Miss Nancy1824 molly mop1829 poof1833 Margery?c1855 Mary Ann1868 pretty-boy1881 cocksucker1885 poofter1889 queer1894 fruit1895 fairy1896 homosexualist1898 puff1902 pussy1904 nance1910 quean1910 girl1912 faggot1913 mouser1914 queen1919 fag1921 gay boy1921 maricon1921 pie-face1922 bitch1923 Jessie1923 tapette1923 pansy1926 nancy boy1927 nelly1931 femme1932 ponce1932 punk1933 queerie1933 gobbler1934 jocker1935 queenie1935 iron1936 freak1941 swish1941 flit1942 tonk1943 wonk1945 mother1947 fruitcake1952 Mary1953 twink1953 swishy1959 limp wrist1960 arse bandit1961 leather man1961 booty bandit1962 ginger beer1964 bummer1965 poofteroo1966 shirtlifter1966 battyman1967 dick-sucker1968 mo1968 a friend of Dorothy1972 shim1973 gaylord1976 twinkie1977 woofter1977 bender1986 knob jockey1989 batty boy1992 cake boy1992 1967 F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (at cited word) Bati-man, a homosexual; a pederast. 1979 D. Walcott O Babylon 180 Rude Bwoy: Come kiss me, General. Sufferer: Go way, batty-man. 1993 V. Headley Excess xii. 151 ‘I don't want no man feint fe me still, its strictly girls me a deal wid y'hear?’.. ‘Yeah, we don't cater fe batty man, seen?!’ 2000 L. Ross in C. Newland IC3 410 For me, this pretty man was the ultimate looker, and I laughed privately when male friends called him a ‘battyman’ because he wore lace. batty riders n. (also batty rider) a pair of brief, tight shorts worn by young women, esp. associated with the subculture of ragga and dancehall music; cf. hot pants n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > short trousers or shorts > types of panties1845 lederhosen1937 Bermuda shorts1938 walk shorts1944 Bermudas1954 knickers1954 skort1957 Jamaica shorts1959 baggies1962 cut-off1964 Jamaica1964 sleep-shorts1964 hot pants1970 batty riders1992 1992 Observer 2 Aug. 44/3 Batty riders are shorts that ragga girls and women wear. The name is apt—‘batty’ is patois for bottom... Batty riders..are as tight and short as knickers, in crinkle stretch fabric with frills around the legs. 1993 Vibe Sept. 86/2 ‘I like breaking rules men set,’ she says. ‘I'm a dancehall goddess, to the top. I'll wear a batty rider and my printers [tight shorts], but they're warrior clothes.’ 1996 V. Walters Rude Girls xi. 221 Inside the shop were whole heaps of linen suits, batty riders, cat-suits, click suits, string T-shirts, leggings with chains on them. 2000 Toronto Star (Electronic ed.) 28 Sept. You want me to uplift my nation? Or, you want me to continue singing ‘Baby, baby I love you in your batty rider?’ Songs that you can now point your finger at me and say ‘Yes, he was also negative.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). battyadj. Brit. /ˈbati/, U.S. /ˈbædi/ Forms: Also 1600s battie. Etymology: < bat n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. Of or belonging to a bat, bat-like. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [adjective] batty1600 battish1704 bat-likea1711 cheiropteran1835 vespertilian1874 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 367 Sleepe, With leaden legs, and Batty wings [1623 Battie-wings] doth creepe. View more context for this quotation 1883 E. H. Aitken Tribes on my Frontier 69 The fruit-bat or flying-fox..would not be a bat at all but for..a strong batty smell. 2. ‘Balmy’, ‘dotty’. (Cf. bat n.¹ b) colloquial or slang. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with woodc725 woodsekc890 giddyc1000 out of (by, from, of) wit or one's witc1000 witlessc1000 brainsickOE amadc1225 lunaticc1290 madc1330 sickc1340 brain-wooda1375 out of one's minda1387 frenetica1398 fonda1400 formada1400 unwisea1400 brainc1400 unwholec1400 alienate?a1425 brainless1434 distract of one's wits1470 madfula1475 furious1475 distract1481 fro oneself1483 beside oneself1490 beside one's patience1490 dementa1500 red-wood?1507 extraught1509 misminded1509 peevish1523 bedlam-ripe1525 straughta1529 fanatic1533 bedlama1535 daft1540 unsounda1547 stark raving (also staring) mad1548 distraughted1572 insane1575 acrazeda1577 past oneself1576 frenzy1577 poll-mad1577 out of one's senses1580 maddeda1586 frenetical1588 distempered1593 distraught1597 crazed1599 diswitted1599 idle-headed1599 lymphatical1603 extract1608 madling1608 distracteda1616 informala1616 far gone1616 crazy1617 March mada1625 non compos mentis1628 brain-crazed1632 demented1632 crack-brained1634 arreptitiousa1641 dementate1640 dementated1650 brain-crackeda1652 insaniated1652 exsensed1654 bedlam-witteda1657 lymphatic1656 mad-like1679 dementative1685 non compos1699 beside one's gravity1716 hyte1720 lymphated1727 out of one's head1733 maddened1735 swivel-eyed1758 wrong1765 brainsickly1770 fatuous1773 derangedc1790 alienated1793 shake-brained1793 crack-headed1796 flighty1802 wowf1802 doitrified1808 phrenesiac1814 bedlamite1815 mad-braineda1822 fey1823 bedlamitish1824 skire1825 beside one's wits1827 as mad as a hatter1829 crazied1842 off one's head1842 bemadded1850 loco1852 off one's nut1858 off his chump1864 unsane1867 meshuga1868 non-sane1868 loony1872 bee-headed1879 off one's onion1881 off one's base1882 (to go) off one's dot1883 locoed1885 screwy1887 off one's rocker1890 balmy or barmy on (or in) the crumpet1891 meshuggener1892 nutty1892 buggy1893 bughouse1894 off one's pannikin1894 ratty1895 off one's trolley1896 batchy1898 twisted1900 batsc1901 batty1903 dippy1903 bugs1904 dingy1904 up the (also a) pole1904 nut1906 nuts1908 nutty as a fruitcake1911 bugged1920 potty1920 cuckoo1923 nutsy1923 puggled1923 blah1924 détraqué1925 doolally1925 off one's rocket1925 puggle1925 mental1927 phooey1927 crackers1928 squirrelly1928 over the edge1929 round the bend1929 lakes1934 ding-a-ling1935 wacky1935 screwball1936 dingbats1937 Asiatic1938 parlatic1941 troppo1941 up the creek1941 screwed-up1943 bonkers1945 psychological1952 out to lunch1955 starkers1956 off (one's) squiff1960 round the twist1960 yampy1963 out of (also off) one's bird1966 out of one's skull1967 whacked out1969 batshit1971 woo-woo1971 nutso1973 out of (one's) gourd1977 wacko1977 off one's meds1986 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > eccentric or cranky fantastical1531 odd1577 eccentric1685 fanaticized1827 cranky1850 bee-bonneted1856 cornery1887 screwy1887 kinky1889 crankish1892 ratty1895 batchy1898 batsc1901 batty1903 potty1920 offbeat1922 off-centre1930 wacky1935 screwball1936 up the creek1941 oddball1945 wackadoo1958 kooky1959 wiggy1963 flaky1964 nutball1968 woo-woo1971 wacko1977 off-kilter1985 wackadoodle1993 fantastic- 1903 A. Kleberg Slang Fables iii. 23 She..acted so queer..that he decided she was Batty. 1917 J. Farnol Definite Object iii. 32 I mean, is 'e batty? 1922 Short Stories Feb. 18/2 I must be getting batty as well as gray. 1926 Brit. Weekly 25 Nov. 242/3 He's a bit batty every now and anon. 1934 R. Macaulay Going Abroad vii. 57 He'd go batty with rage. Draft additions September 2013 ˈbattily adv. colloquial eccentrically; crazily, madly. ΚΠ 1977 Transcript (North Adams, Mass.) 29 Apr. 4/4 Weirdos speaking..in picturesque and battily nonsensical language. 1998 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 26 Sept. Iris Murdoch and John Bayley..have always seemed the epitome of the battily eccentric English couple. 2006 S. Callow Orson Welles (2007) II. iii. xix. 374 The following trial scene is presented as circus..with red-faced Erskine Sandford battily presiding over the strutting attorneys. ˈbattiness n. colloquial eccentricity; craziness, madness. ΚΠ 1901 Semi-weekly Iowa State Reporter 4 Oct. 1/4 During his temporary spell of hallucination and battiness, some one robbed him of $16. 1960 Times 9 Aug. 12/4 The mad one..was led to her room in the second act after an orgy of battiness. 2008 H. Ferguson Operation Kronstadt (2010) iv. 58 The old man's genuine warmth and enthusiasm (and slight battiness) soon won Paul over. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹1598n.²1935adj.1600
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