nittiest

Adjective (1)

nitty (comparative nittier or more nitty, superlative nittiest or most nitty)

1. (also, archaic, figuratively) Full of nits.
   • About mid-night do I walke, and for the trickes I play they call me Pach. When I find a slut asleepe, I smuch her face if it be cleane; but if it be durty, I wash it in the next pisse-pot that I can finde: the balls I use to wash such sluts withal is a sows pancake or a pilgrimes salve. Those that...a. 1588, “The Trickes of the Fayry Called Pach”, in Robin Good-Fellovv, His Mad Prankes, and Merry Iests: […], London: Printed [by Miles Flesher?] for F[rancis] Groue […], published 1628, →OCLC...

   Synonyms:

   lousy

2. (UK, slang) 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.”2018 July 17, Melissa Lockyer, “Putin’s Press Conference with Trump Shook Stephen Colbert to His Core”, in Time, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2018

   Synonyms:

   dumb, idiotic, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed

Adjective (2)

nitty (comparative nittier or more nitty, superlative nittiest or most nitty)

1. (Excessively) detailed or specific; fastidious, fussy, nit-picky.
   • Clearly, it’s that Secretariat is overrated. OK, exhale. I’m not trolling you. I’m just being extremely nitty about the marginal shades of “really, really great.” By “overrated,” I certainly don’t mean to imply that Secretariat isn’t the best 3-year-old American racehorse in history – he is.2015 June 12, Benjamin Morris, “Where Have You Gone, Secretariat?”, in FiveThirtyEight, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2016

   Synonyms:

   anal-retentive, choosy, conscientious, dainty, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicking, finickity, finicky

2. (slang) Of a poker player: playing in an overly cautious and reactive manner.
   • Over the past year and a half Isildur1 has captivated the poker community with his overly aggressive play and mesmerizing swings in the highest cash games online. His most intriguing characteristic isn’t his combativeness or his disregard for money; however, it’s his anonymity. […] [Phil] Hellmuth...2011 January 7, Rich Ryan, “PokerNews Top Five: Isildur1 Dream List”, in PokerNews, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2016

Adjective (3)

nitty (comparative more nitty, superlative most nitty)

1. (obsolete, rare) 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.1598, John Marston, “Satire III. Quædam et sunt, et videntur.”, in The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image. And Certaine Satyres, At London: printed [by James Roberts] for Edmond Matts, […], →OCLC...

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