canty
canty adjective: lively; cheerful; merry; brisk.
Adjective
canty (comparative cantier, superlative cantiest)
- lively; cheerful; merry; brisk
- Oft have ye heard my canty strains; But now, what else for me remains But tales of woe1790, Robert Burns, Elegy On Captain Matthew Henderson
- My mother lived till eighty, a canty dame to the last.1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Canty
Canty (plural Cantys)
- A surname from Irish.
canty meaning in Urdu and Bengali
canty in Urdu
- بشاش
canty in Bengali
- প্রাণবন্ত, হাসিখুশি, প্রফুল্ল, চটপটে
Forms of canty
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | cantier |
| superlative | cantiest |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Cantys |
Origin of canty
Borrowed from Dutch kantig (“sharp, nice, fine, edgy”).
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó an Cháintighe (“descendant of the satirist”), from cáinteach (“satirical”).
Words formed from canty
Words that rhyme with canty
Questions about canty
- What does canty mean?
- Canty means lively; cheerful; merry; brisk.
- What is canty in Urdu?
- Canty in Urdu is بشاش. See Canty meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is canty?
- Canty can be an adjective or a proper noun.
Words near canty in the dictionary
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