hatty

See also: Hatty

English

Etymology 1

From hat +‎ -y.

Adjective

hatty (comparative hattier, superlative hattiest)

Of, relating to, or resembling, a hat.
- 1850, London Charivari, volume 19, page 156:
  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.
- 1996, Russell Grant, Russell Grant's Book of Birthdays, page 25:
  Expect a hat which fits the size of your head – it's a very hatty date .
- 2013, Molly Keane, Loving Without Tears:
  The window curtains were milky white, but over-hatted in the hattiest pelmets imaginable.
- 2013, Cheryl Ainsworth Martin, Hatty Birthday, page 9:
  Everyone will see my hat collections! Today is the day! It will be a Hatty Birthday!
(of a hat) Having the features one expects of a hat.
- 1942, Michael Amrine, All Sons Must Say Goodbye, page 9:
  He saw a hat, and a most hatty hat, a piece of green felt, shaped with leather and cloth, combining in itself all the quintessentials of hatness contained in all the hats ever made.
- 1957, Millie Toole, Mrs. Bessie Braddock, M. P.: A Biography, page 210:
  She should be very happy with the new hatty hats, but she should wear them at a slight angle.
- 2017, Work Projects Administration, The Voices From The Past:
  Dey not only made our clo's, but also made out hats. Of co'se dey wa'n't very hatty, but was mo' cappy.
- 2021, Nadine Stewart, American Milliners and their World, page 166:
  Many of the hattier hats, believe me, were downright gruesome.
(of a person) Fond of hats.
- 1851, “All Round The Lord Mayor's Hat.”, in Punch, Or, The London Charivari, volume 20, page 220:
  We must confess that we never yet heard of such a very hatty Lord Mayor , though we have frequently heard of a Hatti-Sheriff.
- 1930, A. A. Milne, Mr Pim:
  Never mind about the top-hat. We aren't hatty people.
- 2013, Anna Blair, Tea at Miss Cranston's:
  Mother was a wee bit hatty and she got the milliner in Clarkston Road to line our straw hats with pink silk, and put daisies round them.
Characterized by the wearing of hats.
- 1897, “Our London Letter”, in The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 17, page 222:
  London remains the hattiest city in the world, and yet in this year of celebrations it has let Paris glorify the birth of the beaver.
- 1967, English Review - Volume 1, page 524:
  They all sat about in the summer-house and in garden-chairs, and were very hatty and ruffly and sunshadey: Three ladies and the curate played croquet with a general immense gravity broken by occasional loud cries of feigned distress from the curate.
- 1983, Pat Phoenix, Love, Curiosity, Freckles, and Doubt, page 181:
  The first time it happened we were at some big soirée, full of respectable, hatty ladies.
- 2019, Kerry Taylor, Galliano: Spectacular Fashion:
  In addition, Stephen Jones produced seven hats and, as the show was only eighteen looks, it was, he said, “fairly hatty”.

Etymology 2

Noun

hatty (plural hatties)

(India, obsolete) Alternative form of hathi (“an elephant”)
- 1860, Henry Astbury Leveson, The Hunting Grounds of the Old World, page 245:
  […] the credit of it, if any there be, must be given to old Purdey, the maker of your rifle; for never do I think that grooved bore threw lead so true, and I now do not wonder at your luck in bringing down the hatties (elephants) right and left.
- 1870, The Oriental Sporting Magazine, volume 3, page 1197:
  Several herds of wild buffaloes were met on our way , but as our hatties, as well as the drivers, were too done up, we allowed them to pass unmolested.

Anagrams

Hyatt