Hatter vs Hattier - What's the difference?
hatter | hattier |
A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.
(Australia, slang) A person who lives alone in the bush.
* 1892 , Henry Lawson, ''
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(hatty)
Of, relating to, or resembling, a hat.
* 1850 , London Charivari (volume 19, page 156)
(of a person) Fond of hats.
As a noun hatter
is a person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.As a verb hatter
is to tire or worry.As an adjective hattier is
comparative of hatty.hatter
English
(wikipedia hatter)Etymology 1
From .Noun
(en noun)- Lonely hut where drought’s eternal, suffocating atmosphere
- Where the God-forgotten hatter dreams of city life and beer.
Derived terms
* mad as a hatterSynonyms
* hatmaker * millinerSee also
* haberdasherEtymology 2
From an English dialect word, meaning "to entangle"; compare Low German verhaddern'', ''verheddern'', ''verhiddern .Anagrams
* threat ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==Noun
hattier
English
Adjective
(head)hatty
English
Adjective
(er)- Every one agrees that there ought to be a reform in Hats A proclamation could never accomplish a hatty reform ; but we are not prepared to say something might not be done by shrieval interference, which would be consistent with those municipal Institutions that all Englishmen cherish.