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Patty
//ˈpæti// adj, name, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Alternative form of patté. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"a cross patty"
Proper Noun
- 1 A unisex given name.
- 2 A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
""That sounds like Aunt Isabel. They always called me Patricia there. Don't you think, papa, now that I'm getting so grown up, I ought to be called Patricia? Patty is such a baby name." "Patty is good enough for me," said Mr. Fairfield."
- 3 A male given name, a diminutive of the male given name Patrick. rare
- 4 A surname. rare
Noun
- 1 A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape. Australia, New-Zealand, US
"The cook fried the hamburger patty, then put it in a bun."
- 2 round flat candy wordnet
- 3 A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric. Jamaica
- 4 small pie or pasty wordnet
- 5 A foolish or stupid person. England
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- 6 small flat mass of chopped or ground food wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Pat + -y.
Etymology 2
From earlier meaning "small pie" from pattipan (“something baked in a small pan”), from French pâté (“liver paste, pâté”), from pâte (“pastry, dough, paste, batter”) + -é. Doublet of pastie /pasty (“meat pie”), pate (“cheese portion”), and pâté (“finely-ground paste”) and related to pasta and paste.
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