chitty

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪti/

Borrowed from Hindi चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī, “letter, note, written message”). Doublet of cure.

chitty (plural chitties)

1. a small note, such as a pass or voucher slip; a chit.

chit +‎ -y

chitty (comparative more chitty, superlative most chitty)

1. full of chits or sprouts
2. childish; like a baby

• chitty-face

• “chitty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “chitty”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

chitty (plural chitties)

1. Alternative form of chetty (“Indian merchant”)

• titchy