canty

English

Etymology

From Dutch kantig (“sharp, nice, fine, edgy”).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ænti

Adjective

canty (comparative cantier, superlative cantiest)

lively; cheerful; merry; brisk
- 1790, Robert Burns, Elegy On Captain Matthew Henderson
  Oft have ye heard my canty strains; But now, what else for me remains But tales of woe
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, Chapter XXII
  My mother lived till eighty, a canty dame to the last.

Derived terms

cantily

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