"cheaty" meaning in All languages combined

See cheaty on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: cheatier [comparative], cheatiest [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English cheat Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English cheaty From cheat + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cheat<id:violate>|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English cheat Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English cheaty [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cheaty", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cheaty"> From cheat + -y., {{ety|en|:af|cheat<id:violate>|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti Proto-Italic *kadō Latin cadĕre ▲ Classical Latin cadō Late Latin cadeo Vulgar Latin *excadēre Old French escheoir Old French escheoit Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -er Old French escheoiterbor. Middle English achetan ▲ Old French escheoir Old French escheoit /escheoitebor. Middle English escheteder. Middle English acheteninflu. Middle English chete English cheat Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English cheaty From cheat + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} cheaty (comparative cheatier, superlative cheatiest)
  1. (informal, of a person) prone to cheating. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-cheaty-en-adj-UzBFxIQb Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 49 51
  2. (informal) Involving cheating; fraudulent. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-cheaty-en-adj-vLMSitiV Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 14 86

Inflected forms

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