or Net′ty
a feminine name
Nettie
Net·tieWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
Possibly a corruption of necessity or necessary; Old English nÃd (“necessity"). Alternatively it may be derived from Italian gabinetti.
Origin
net +"Ž -ie
Proper noun
- A diminutive of the female given names Annette and Jeannette.
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