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Canty

adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    lively; cheerful; merry; brisk

    "Oft have ye heard my canty strains; But now, what else for me remains But tales of woe"

Adjective
  1. 1
    lively and brisk wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Dutch kantig (“sharp, nice, fine, edgy”).

Etymology 2

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó an Cháintighe (“descendant of the satirist”), from cáinteach (“satirical”).

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