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matty

matty adjective: matted.

Adjective

matty (comparative more matty, superlative most matty)

  1. matted
    • a cat with matty fur

Proper noun capitalized: Matty

Matty

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Matthew.
  2. A diminutive of the female given names Matilda and Martha, variant of Mattie.
    • Tilly's name is Matilda. It was typical of Mum and Dad that they wouldn't let her be called Tilly when she came to them because that was the unusual shortening of Matilda, the unconventional one, and you never did unconventional things, you never did things to draw attention to yourself. So they...1990, Barbara Vine, Gallowglass, Curley Pub, published 1991, →ISBN, page 24

Forms of matty

comparativemore matty
superlativemost matty

Origin of matty

From mat + -y.

Diminutives + -y.

Questions about matty

What does matty mean?
Matty means matted.
What part of speech is matty?
Matty can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near matty in the dictionary

  1. Mattsons
  2. Mattstetten
  3. Mattu Pongal
  4. Mattuck
  5. Mattucks
  6. matty
  7. Mattydale lay
  8. Mattydale lays
  9. Matubinao
  10. Matuguinao
  11. Matula

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