Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Charged or sprinkled with drops.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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adj
Gutsy; brave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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adj
Having a prominent gut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Made of gutta-percha.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, slang
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noun
One who works in a slaughterhouse cutting out the internal organs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An urchin or delinquent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, dialectal
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noun
Low-class person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, dialectal
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noun
An unpleasant person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, dialectal
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History
From goutte + -y, or anglicization of (Old or Middle French) goutté, ultimately from Latin gutta (“drop (of a liquid)”) (also the ultimate source of English goutte and French goutte). Compare guttated.
From gut + -y.
Perhaps from gutter, or guttersnipe. Or possibly from Irish gaotaire (“a windbag, someone who talks too much”).
