catty(n = noun.quantity) cattie - any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams);
is a kind of weight, weight unit
catty(s = adj.all) bitchy, cattish - marked by or arising from malice; "a catty remark"
Derived forms noun cat3, noun cattiness1
An East Indian Weight of 1\'a7 pounds. [1913 Webster]
catty, adj. (cattier, cattiest)
1 sly, spiteful; deliberately hurtful in speech.
2 catlike.
Derivative:
cattily adv. cattiness n.
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