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单词 potty
释义 pot·ty
I. \ˈpäti\ adjective
Etymology: probably from pot (I) + -y, adjective suffix
1. Britain : of minor importance : trivial, insignificant
 < just one of those potty little country affairs — P.G.Wodehouse >
2. slang chiefly Britain : slightly crazy : foolish
 < gone potty on the subject — Allan Sangster >
 < driving him potty with her demands — C.D.Lewis >
3. : haughty or supercilious in bearing or speech : snobbish
 < our petty rights here, our potty dignity there — John Galsworthy >
 < a futile, potty, upper-class gentleman — Brooks Atkinson >
 < the potty, pseudocultivated tones of some … clubwoman — Austin Warren >
II. \ˈpäd.ē\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: pot (I) + -y, n. suffix
: a small child's pot for voiding or defecation
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