potty

(pätē)

noun pl. potties

  1. a small chamber pot for a child
  2. a child's chair used for toilet training, consisting of an open seat beneath which a pot is attached
    in full potty chair
  3. a toilet: a child's word

Origin: dim. of pot

adjective pottier, pottiest

  1. Brit. trivial; petty
  2. Brit. slightly crazy

Origin: < pot (sense ) + -y

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See potty in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective pot·ti·er, pot·ti·est
Chiefly British
  1. Of little importance; trivial.
  2. Slightly intoxicated.
  3. Somewhat silly or crazy; addlebrained.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly from pot1

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noun pl. pot·ties
A small pot for use as a toilet by an infant or young child.

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