cantyadj.

Brit.

/ˈkanti/, U.S.

/ˈkænti/, Scottish English

/ˈkantɪ/

Etymology: A derivative of cant adj., either native or of Low German origin: compare Flemish and Low German kantig, similarly related to kant, there referred to.

Scottish and northern dialect.

Cheerful, lively, gladsome; esp. in Scottish manifesting gladness and cheerfulness; in north of England rather = lively, brisk, active:

a. of persons.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheerful and lively

taitc1300

cant1330

crouse?a1400

pert?a1513

sprightya1522

aleger1590

sprightly1594

sunshine1594

brighta1616

lifesomec1635

flippant1711

cantya1724

saucy1741

chirk1789

chipper1806

chirrupy1808

up1815

chirpy1837

breezy1870

cyclonish1884

a1724 Gaberlunzie Man ii He grew canty, and she grew fain.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i I'll be mair canty wi't, and ne'er cry dool.

c1775 A. Grant Roy's Wife O, she was a cantie quean.

1789 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 490 And are ye hale, and weel, and cantie?

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlviii. 519 Three or four..canty old Scotch fellows.

1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. viii. 172 My mother lived till eighty, a canty dame to the last.

1864 J. C. Atkinson Whitby Gloss. (at cited word) ‘She's a canty aud deeam for her years.’

1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 135 Canty, shrewd and witty fellows, when you set them talking.

b. of things.

ΚΠ

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii Little love or canty cheer can come Frae duddy doublets, and a pantry toom.

1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 269 And mony a canty day John, We've had wi' ane anither.

1794 Har'st Rig xcvii. 31 Till they do lilt some canty sang.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	canty
释义	cantyadj. Brit. /ˈkanti/, U.S. /ˈkænti/, Scottish English /ˈkantɪ/ Etymology: A derivative of cant adj., either native or of Low German origin: compare Flemish and Low German kantig, similarly related to kant, there referred to. Scottish and northern dialect. Cheerful, lively, gladsome; esp. in Scottish manifesting gladness and cheerfulness; in north of England rather = lively, brisk, active: a. of persons. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheerful and lively taitc1300 cant1330 crouse?a1400 pert?a1513 sprightya1522 aleger1590 sprightly1594 sunshine1594 brighta1616 lifesomec1635 flippant1711 cantya1724 saucy1741 chirk1789 chipper1806 chirrupy1808 up1815 chirpy1837 breezy1870 cyclonish1884 a1724 Gaberlunzie Man ii He grew canty, and she grew fain. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i I'll be mair canty wi't, and ne'er cry dool. c1775 A. Grant Roy's Wife O, she was a cantie quean. 1789 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 490 And are ye hale, and weel, and cantie? 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlviii. 519 Three or four..canty old Scotch fellows. 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. viii. 172 My mother lived till eighty, a canty dame to the last. 1864 J. C. Atkinson Whitby Gloss. (at cited word) ‘She's a canty aud deeam for her years.’ 1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 135 Canty, shrewd and witty fellows, when you set them talking. b. of things. ΚΠ 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii Little love or canty cheer can come Frae duddy doublets, and a pantry toom. 1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 269 And mony a canty day John, We've had wi' ane anither. 1794 Har'st Rig xcvii. 31 Till they do lilt some canty sang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1724
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