purtyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈpɜɹ.ti/, [ˈpɜɹ.ɾi]
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)ti

形容詞

purty (comparative purtier, superlative purtiest)

1. (US, UK, Ireland, dialect, informal) Pronunciation spelling of pretty.
   • 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 367:

     He accordingly took out the purtiest girl in the ring, and danced a jig with her, to the admiration of the whole company; but at the end he forgot the warning, and complied with the custom of kissing one's partner. All at once everything vanished; and when Davy awoke nest morning, he found himself lying among the tombstones.

   • 1937, John Steinbeck, chapter 2, in Of Mice and Men:

     George looked around at Lennie. "Jesus, what a tramp," he said. "So that's what Curley picks for a wife." "She's purty", said Lennie defensively.

   • 1939, John Steinbeck, chapter 22, in The Grapes of Wrath:

     Seen a purty girl down the road. Give her a big wink, too. Purty as hell, too.

派生語

副詞

purty (not comparable)

1. (US, UK, Ireland, dialect, informal) Pronunciation spelling of pretty.
   • 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 514:

     "Why, thin, Paddy, avick, it isn't your airly risin', anyhow that 'ill do you any harm this mornin'." "It's thrue enough for you, Thady Byrne," answered Paddy casting a look up at the sky; "for I b'leeve it's purty late in the day.

   • 2004, Randall Williams, Weren't No Good Times: Personal Accounts of Slavery in Alabama, John F. Blair, Publisher, →ISBN, page 114:

     They treated us purty good but we had to work hard.

   • 1988, Herbert M. Sutherland, Tall Tales of the Devil's Apron, The Overmountain Press, →ISBN, page 97:

     Wall, be that as it may, ol' Hosshead was a purty good citizen in his day, an' he shore did make Juneybell toe the mark.

アナグラム

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