Rattier vs Cattier - What's the difference?
rattier | cattier |
(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.
(catty)
(informal, of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy or upset, particularly among women.
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a cat.
A (unit of) weight used in China, generally standardized as half a kilogram.
* 2009 , Huaiyin Li, Village China Under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-History, 1948-2008 , Stanford University Press, ISBN 978-0-8047-5974-8,
* 1699 , Captain William Dampier, A new voyage round the world, Volume 1 :
* 1847 , Robert Montgomery Martin, China; Political, Commercial, and Social , Volume 2, James Madden (publisher),
As adjectives the difference between rattier and cattier
is that rattier is (ratty) while cattier is (catty).rattier
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*ratty
English
Adjective
(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.
Anagrams
*cattier
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*catty
English
Alternative forms
* cattieEtymology 1
; in sense “hostility”, see (m).Adjective
(er)- a catty smell
Synonyms
* (spiteful) bitchy (derogatory), cattish, malicious, nasty, snide, spitefulSee also
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) kati, from (etyl) languages, Mandarin:Noun
(head)page 94:
- To limit team members' consumption, it issued food stamps to the villagers and allowed everyone to eat one catty of rice a day.
- 16 Mess'', make a ''Tale'', which here is 20 ''s''. ''English'', 5 ''Tale'' make a ''Bancal'', a weight so called, and 20 ''Bancal'' make a ''Catty , another weight.
page 124:
- Transparent yellow pieces are the best; the price is from eight to fourteen dollars per catty , according to size and quality.