nitty
adjEtymology
From nit + -y. The “foolish, inane” adjective sense is from nit (“fool, nitwit”), possibly under the influence of nutty (“crazy, mad”). The origin of the noun sense (“dope fiend, druggie”) is unknown, but could refer to a person who is under the influence of drugs to the extent that he or she is careless about personal hygiene and unkempt. Compare the verb nit (“to be a nitty”).
Definitions
Full of nits.
Foolish, inane.
- Stephen Colbert went overtime to get into the “nitty crazy” of President Donald Trump’s press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, noting that, he was shaken to his core, but “at 54, there’s not a lot of core left.”
A dope fiend, a druggie.
- See me breeze in a cream Bentley / Fronting in the sun that’s two-seated / Believe it, pull up to the light and now you looking defeated / Girl, grilling my ice got you heated (yeah) / Yep, beef with the nitty I never needed (wha-wha)
- Trapping ain't dead, the nitty still clucking and ringing my phone / Chilling with bro, talking ’bout money, dough to the dome
- I got some nitties on this phone / They ring me consistently / I know the ops hate this face / wanna make me #history
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detailed or specific
detailed or specific; fastidious, fussy, nit-picky.
- There are only a few nits to pick. The nittiest is, of course, the supposed needlessness^([sic – meaning needless]) death of the dumb and worthless Rickon Stark.
Of a poker player
Of a poker player: playing in an overly cautious and reactive manner.
Shining
Shining; elegant, spruce.
- O dapper, rare, complete, sweet nitty youth! / Jesu Maria! How his clothes appear / Cross'd and recross'd with lace, sure for some fear / Lest that some spirit with a tippet mace / Should with a ghastly show affright his face.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nitty. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA