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- [pot-ee]
- /ˈpɒt i/
- /ˈpɒt.i/
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- [pot-ee]
- /ˈpɒt i/
Definitions of potty word
- adjective potty Chiefly British Informal. slightly insane; eccentric. 1
- adjective potty British. paltry; trifling; petty. 1
- noun plural potty a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child. 1
- noun plural potty a small metal pot fitting under a potty-chair. 1
- noun plural potty Baby Talk. a toilet. 1
- noun potty child's toilet 1
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Origin of potty
First appearance:
before 1855 One of the 30% newest English words
First recorded in 1855-60; pot1 + -y1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Potty
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
potty popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
potty usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for potty
adj potty
- balmy — Balmy weather is fairly warm and pleasant.
- bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
- cockamamie — If you describe something as cockamamie, you mean that it is ridiculous or silly.
- crazy — If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.
noun potty
- bedpan — A bedpan is a shallow bowl shaped like a toilet seat, which is used instead of a toilet by people who are too ill to get out of bed.
- chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
- chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
- garderobe — a wardrobe or its contents.
- men's room — a public lavatory for men.
adjective potty
- ape — Apes are chimpanzees, gorillas, and other animals in the same family.
- aper — a person who apes, a mimic
- barmy — If you say that someone or something is barmy, you mean that they are slightly crazy or very foolish.
- batty — If you say that someone is batty, you mean that they are rather eccentric or slightly crazy.
- cockeyed — If you say that an idea or scheme is cockeyed, you mean that you think it is very unlikely to succeed.
Antonyms for potty
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