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scatty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables
scat-ty
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Scatterbrained; flighty.

British usage; Slang

adj

Messy; filthy; disgusting.

British usage; Slang

noun

A fish of species Scatophagus tetracanthus.

adj

Showery; rainy.

Etymology

Shortening of Scatophagus, the genus name

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

scattier (comparative) scattiest (superlative) scatties (plural)

Derived Forms

scattily scattiness

Synonyms

African scat tiger scat absent absentminded abstracted rattlebrained rattlepated scatterbrained

Rhymes With

fatty patty chatty hattie batty mattie natty catty ratty bratty tatty chapati

Questions

What does scatty mean?
Scatterbrained; flighty.
Where does scatty come from?
Shortening of Scatophagus, the genus name

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