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Definition of Catty
1. Noun. Any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams).
Geographical relationships: Cathay, China, Communist China, Mainland China, People's Republic Of China, Prc, Red China
Generic synonyms: Weight, Weight Unit
2. Adjective. Marked by or arising from malice. "A catty remark"
Similar to: Malicious
Derivative terms: Bitch, Bitchiness, Cat, Cattiness
Definition of Catty
1. n. An East Indian Weight of 1⅓ pounds.
Definition of Catty
1. Adjective. (informal of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy(,) or upset. ¹
2. Adjective. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a cat. ¹
3. Noun. A (unit of) weight used in China, generally standardized as half a kilogram. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Catty
1. catlike; spiteful [adj -TIER, -TIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catty
Literary usage of Catty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of Richard Cocks, Cape-merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615 by Richard Cocks, Sir Edward Maunde Thompson (1883)
"... to be paid in amber grees, at fan/.y the catty, ... to - - 575 0 0 '2 cattin
amber, at 'JO tais per catty, ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... myself actually drenched with vinegar that old catty Lalor was pouring over
me, when 1 got up again, addled and confused enough, but I'm all right now. ..."
3. The Yellow Book (1896)
"Song of Sorrow By Charles catty I CAN sing not of youth or of morning ; I have
ears for no music of bird ; I have eyes for no beauty adorning The lives of ..."
4. The Trust Movement in British Industry: A Study of Business Organisation by Henry William Macrosty (1907)
"... catty, & Co. claim a little attention, if only to show that there is no branch
of trade so trifling as to escape the spirit of combination. ..."
5. Catharine and Craufurd Tait, wife and son of Archibald Campbell archbishop by William Benham (1879)
"It was a fearful shock to her to find catty ill, she had left her so very well
the evening before. She found that Mr. Page had given orders that we should ..."
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