cattyn.¹

Brit.

/ˈkati/, U.S.

/ˈkædi/

Forms: Also 1600s catt, catte, cate, 1700s katty.

Etymology: < Malay-Javanese kātī, katī: see caddy n.¹

A weight used in China and the Eastern Archipelago, equal to 16 taels, i.e. 1⅓ lb. avoird., or 625 grammes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > units in China and the Far East

batman1583

picul1588

catty1598

tael1598

kati1727

candareen1745

liang1827

tan1911

1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 229 They receaued in Cambie..For xvii. Cathyls of quicke syluer, one Bahar.]

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xx. 34/1 Euerie Catte is as much as 20 Portingale ounces.

a1605 J. Davis Briefe Relation E.-India Voy. in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. iii. i. 123 Their pound they call a Catt.

1625 Keeling's Iournall 3rd Voy. to E. India in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. vi. 199 One Cattee of Spice.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures viii. §1 He gave me two Cates of Gold.

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. vii. 132 100 Catty make a Pecul, which is 132 l. English weight.

1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Osbeck Voy. China I. 262 A Katty or Chinese Kann is 1 lb. 12¹¹/ ₁₆ of half ounce.

1813 W. Milburn Oriental Commerce II. 496 Bringals 3 candareen per catty.

1857 R. Tomes Americans in Japan 399 Water at the rate of six-hundred copper cash..for 1000 Catties.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

cattyn.²

Brit.

/ˈkati/, U.S.

/ˈkædi/

Forms:

α. 1800s– catty, 1900s– caddie, 1900s– cattie.

β. South African 1900s– kattie, 1900s– katty, 1900s– kettie.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: catapult n., -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < cat- (in catapult n.) + -y suffix⁶.The South African forms in k- are influenced by Afrikaans kettie ( < English). Recorded earlier as a name for a horse:1874 R. St. J. Tyrwhitt Our Sketching Club vi. 114 A great, long, brown mare came up at a gallop... ‘Why, old Catty!’ Catty was short for Catapult; and this was ‘May's old one’, so called by all her friends.

colloquial.

Esp. in children's language: = catapult n. 2.

ΚΠ

1893 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Christmas 327/1 Look here, Cynthia, I'm going out to-morrow with my catty, and you can come too and see me shoot.

1903 H. H. Bashford Tommy Wideawake ii. 29 ‘I say, if you 're going to the post-office..will you buy me some elastic—for my catty, you know?’ he said.

1977 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth, S. Afr.) 30 Apr. 1 For a few cents you can arm yourself with a modern and highly sophisticated ‘catty’ (not just a twig-fork plucked at random from a tree and a strip of inner tube; these are made of plastic) and load up with lead shot.

1981 Daily Dispatch (E. London, S. Afr.) 18 Feb. 8 Modern, factory-produced catapults with metal frames..are mere assembly line trash, upstarts..compared to the..pukka kettie.

2001 L. de Bernières Sunday Morning at Centre of World 50 Sam's at the sill with his box of stones..and his Black Widow cattie..and ‘zing’ goes the cattie and a stone sings and the stone dings.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1899 Chatterbox 298/2 Just look here, Joe, did you ever see such fine catty twigs?

1937 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 500/2 A ‘catty-stone’ fired from a nearby yew tree.

1996 E. Doherty tr. J. Miles Deafening Silence xxi. 262 With the small blade of his penknife he cut the grooves for the catty elastic.

2002 S. Crow & R. Hughes Discover Carp Fishing ii. 36/2 The main disadvantage with catapults is the ‘catty slap’ from the elastic—when the pouch flaps back and stings the wrist.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

cattyadj.

Brit.

/ˈkati/, U.S.

/ˈkædi/

Etymology: < cat n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

a. Of or pertaining to cats; concerned with the breeding or exhibiting of cats.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [adjective] > keeping cats

catty1903

1903 F. Simpson Bk. Cat v. 84 The question of open judging at cat shows has frequently been discussed in catty circles.

b. = cattish adj. b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [adjective]

teenfulOE

atteryc1175

ondfula1200

maliciousa1250

doggedc1300

enviousc1330

venoma1350

spitous?a1366

despitousc1374

heinous?a1400

venomyc1400

sinister1411

sputousc1420

doggish?a1425

cankered?a1439

doggya1450

sinistrous1460

spity1481

despiteful1488

spiteful1490

despiteous?1510

viperious?1510

peevisha1522

maliceful1522

envyful1530

viperinec1540

viperous?1542

vipered1560

uncanny1596

dogged-sprighted1600

maliced1602

ill-minded1611

virulent1613

ill-hearteda1617

doleful1617

spitish1627

splenial1641

litherlya1643

venomsome1660

slim1674

viper1721

vipereal1750

viperish1755

vicious1825

waspish1855

viperian1866

viperan1877

cattish1883

catty1886

bitchy1928

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adjective]

loathOE

teenfulOE

nithefulOE

ondfula1200

maliciousa1250

doggedc1300

enviousc1330

venomousa1340

venoma1350

spitous?a1366

despitousc1374

heinous?a1400

unkindlya1400

venomyc1400

sinister1411

sputousc1420

doggish?a1425

cankered?a1439

doggya1450

sinistrous1460

spity1481

despiteful1488

spiteful1490

despiteous?1510

viperious?1510

peevisha1522

envyful1530

viperous1535

viperinec1540

vipered1560

bad-minded1588

uncanny1596

dogged-sprighted1600

toothsome1601

maliced1602

ill-minded1611

virulent1613

ill-hearteda1617

doleful1617

spitish1627

ill-meaning1633

splenial1641

litherlya1643

venomsome1660

slim1668

cat-witted1672

vipereal1750

viperish1755

méchant1813

vicious1825

maliceful1840

mean1841

waspish1855

viperian1866

viperan1877

cattish1883

catty1886

bad mind1904

bitchy1908

1886 M. W. Hungerford Lady Branksmere ix There is a sly, catty look about her.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 11 Dec. 16/2 A noted prelate..said recently in addressing a community composed of the fair sex that all such communities had the temptation to be ‘catty’.

1936 A. Christie ABC Murders xxiii. 173 Women..are a bit catty about other women.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹1598

n.²1893

adj.1886

单词	catty
释义	cattyn.¹ Brit. /ˈkati/, U.S. /ˈkædi/ Forms: Also 1600s catt, catte, cate, 1700s katty. Etymology: < Malay-Javanese kātī, katī: see caddy n.¹ A weight used in China and the Eastern Archipelago, equal to 16 taels, i.e. 1⅓ lb. avoird., or 625 grammes. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > units in China and the Far East batman1583 picul1588 catty1598 tael1598 kati1727 candareen1745 liang1827 tan1911 1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 229 They receaued in Cambie..For xvii. Cathyls of quicke syluer, one Bahar.] 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xx. 34/1 Euerie Catte is as much as 20 Portingale ounces. a1605 J. Davis Briefe Relation E.-India Voy. in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. iii. i. 123 Their pound they call a Catt. 1625 Keeling's Iournall 3rd Voy. to E. India in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. vi. 199 One Cattee of Spice. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures viii. §1 He gave me two Cates of Gold. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. vii. 132 100 Catty make a Pecul, which is 132 l. English weight. 1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Osbeck Voy. China I. 262 A Katty or Chinese Kann is 1 lb. 12¹¹/ ₁₆ of half ounce. 1813 W. Milburn Oriental Commerce II. 496 Bringals 3 candareen per catty. 1857 R. Tomes Americans in Japan 399 Water at the rate of six-hundred copper cash..for 1000 Catties. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). cattyn.² Brit. /ˈkati/, U.S. /ˈkædi/ Forms: α. 1800s– catty, 1900s– caddie, 1900s– cattie. β. South African 1900s– kattie, 1900s– katty, 1900s– kettie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: catapult n., -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < cat- (in catapult n.) + -y suffix⁶.The South African forms in k- are influenced by Afrikaans kettie ( < English). Recorded earlier as a name for a horse:1874 R. St. J. Tyrwhitt Our Sketching Club vi. 114 A great, long, brown mare came up at a gallop... ‘Why, old Catty!’ Catty was short for Catapult; and this was ‘May's old one’, so called by all her friends. colloquial. Esp. in children's language: = catapult n. 2. ΚΠ 1893 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Christmas 327/1 Look here, Cynthia, I'm going out to-morrow with my catty, and you can come too and see me shoot. 1903 H. H. Bashford Tommy Wideawake ii. 29 ‘I say, if you 're going to the post-office..will you buy me some elastic—for my catty, you know?’ he said. 1977 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth, S. Afr.) 30 Apr. 1 For a few cents you can arm yourself with a modern and highly sophisticated ‘catty’ (not just a twig-fork plucked at random from a tree and a strip of inner tube; these are made of plastic) and load up with lead shot. 1981 Daily Dispatch (E. London, S. Afr.) 18 Feb. 8 Modern, factory-produced catapults with metal frames..are mere assembly line trash, upstarts..compared to the..pukka kettie. 2001 L. de Bernières Sunday Morning at Centre of World 50 Sam's at the sill with his box of stones..and his Black Widow cattie..and ‘zing’ goes the cattie and a stone sings and the stone dings. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1899 Chatterbox 298/2 Just look here, Joe, did you ever see such fine catty twigs? 1937 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 500/2 A ‘catty-stone’ fired from a nearby yew tree. 1996 E. Doherty tr. J. Miles Deafening Silence xxi. 262 With the small blade of his penknife he cut the grooves for the catty elastic. 2002 S. Crow & R. Hughes Discover Carp Fishing ii. 36/2 The main disadvantage with catapults is the ‘catty slap’ from the elastic—when the pouch flaps back and stings the wrist. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). cattyadj. Brit. /ˈkati/, U.S. /ˈkædi/ Etymology: < cat n.¹ + -y suffix¹. a. Of or pertaining to cats; concerned with the breeding or exhibiting of cats. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [adjective] > keeping cats catty1903 1903 F. Simpson Bk. Cat v. 84 The question of open judging at cat shows has frequently been discussed in catty circles. b. = cattish adj. b. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [adjective] teenfulOE atteryc1175 ondfula1200 maliciousa1250 doggedc1300 enviousc1330 venoma1350 spitous?a1366 despitousc1374 heinous?a1400 venomyc1400 sinister1411 sputousc1420 doggish?a1425 cankered?a1439 doggya1450 sinistrous1460 spity1481 despiteful1488 spiteful1490 despiteous?1510 viperious?1510 peevisha1522 maliceful1522 envyful1530 viperinec1540 viperous?1542 vipered1560 uncanny1596 dogged-sprighted1600 maliced1602 ill-minded1611 virulent1613 ill-hearteda1617 doleful1617 spitish1627 splenial1641 litherlya1643 venomsome1660 slim1674 viper1721 vipereal1750 viperish1755 vicious1825 waspish1855 viperian1866 viperan1877 cattish1883 catty1886 bitchy1928 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adjective] loathOE teenfulOE nithefulOE ondfula1200 maliciousa1250 doggedc1300 enviousc1330 venomousa1340 venoma1350 spitous?a1366 despitousc1374 heinous?a1400 unkindlya1400 venomyc1400 sinister1411 sputousc1420 doggish?a1425 cankered?a1439 doggya1450 sinistrous1460 spity1481 despiteful1488 spiteful1490 despiteous?1510 viperious?1510 peevisha1522 envyful1530 viperous1535 viperinec1540 vipered1560 bad-minded1588 uncanny1596 dogged-sprighted1600 toothsome1601 maliced1602 ill-minded1611 virulent1613 ill-hearteda1617 doleful1617 spitish1627 ill-meaning1633 splenial1641 litherlya1643 venomsome1660 slim1668 cat-witted1672 vipereal1750 viperish1755 méchant1813 vicious1825 maliceful1840 mean1841 waspish1855 viperian1866 viperan1877 cattish1883 catty1886 bad mind1904 bitchy1908 1886 M. W. Hungerford Lady Branksmere ix There is a sly, catty look about her. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 11 Dec. 16/2 A noted prelate..said recently in addressing a community composed of the fair sex that all such communities had the temptation to be ‘catty’. 1936 A. Christie ABC Murders xxiii. 173 Women..are a bit catty about other women. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1598n.²1893adj.1886
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Compounds

cattyadj.

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