Hattier vs Rattier - What's the difference?
hattier | rattier |
(hatty)
Of, relating to, or resembling, a hat.
* 1850 , London Charivari (volume 19, page 156)
(of a person) Fond of hats. (ratty)
Similar to a rat; ratlike.
Infested with rats.
(colloquial) In poor condition or repair; worn out; battered; tattered; torn.
* 2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, p. 535:
* 2006 , Clive James, North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 80:
(UK, colloquial) Irritable, annoyed.
As adjectives the difference between hattier and rattier
is that hattier is comparative of hatty while rattier is comparative of ratty.hattier
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(head)hatty
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(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.
rattier
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(head)Anagrams
*ratty
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(er)- The Marcher lord was still clad in his ratty black cloak and dented breastplate with its chipped enamel lightning.
- I was having exactly that thought on a ratty mock-leather couch in Islington.