"totty" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more totty [comparative], most totty [superlative]
Etymology: Compare totter. Head templates: {{en-adj}} totty (comparative more totty, superlative most totty)
  1. (UK, obsolete, dialect) unsteady; dizzy; tottery Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-totty-en-adj-bZ8yu1cL Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adjective

Etymology: From tot (“small child”). Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} totty
  1. (now chiefly Scotland) Tiny, wee. Tags: Scotland Synonyms: toaty, totey, totie
    Sense id: en-totty-en-adj-UdBdyN6p Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 38 18 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 45 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 48 16 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /tɒti/ Audio: En-au-totty.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒti Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} totty (uncountable)
  1. (UK, Ireland, slang) sexually attractive women considered collectively; usually connoting a connection with the upper class. Tags: Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-totty-en-noun-3npKufQN Categories (other): British English, Irish English
  2. (UK, Ireland, slang) an individual sexually attractive woman Tags: Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-totty-en-noun-KUphKux3 Categories (other): British English, Irish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: talent Related terms: hotty
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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