Canny vs Canna - What's the difference?
canny | canna |
Careful, prudent, cautious.
Knowing, shrewd, astute.
Frugal, thrifty.
(Scotland, Northumbria) Pleasant, fair.
* 1783 , (Robert Burns), "Green Grow the Rashes O", Songs and Ballads
(Northumbria) Very or much.
Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
* 2000 , (JG Ballard), Super-Cannes , Fourth Estate 2011, p. 7:
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(Scotland, Jamaica) Contraction of can not; cannot.
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As an adjective canny
is careful, prudent, cautious.As a noun canna is
any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.As a verb canna is
contraction of can not; cannot.canny
English
Adjective
(er)- (Ramsay)
- (Sir Walter Scott)
- She's a canny lass hor like!
- But gie me a cannie hour at e'en,
- My arms about my dearie O;
- An' warl'y cares, an' warl'y men,
- Mae a' gae tapsalteerie O!
- That's a canny big horse, man!
Derived terms
* cannily * canninessReferences
* * * *Anagrams
* ----canna
English
Etymology 1
(wikipedia canna) From (etyl) . (Canna)Noun
(en noun)- A palisade of Canary palms formed an honour guard along the verges, while beds of golden cannas flamed from the central reservation.
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Etymology 2
Verb
(en-cont)- Scotty: I canna' change the laws of physics.