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pretty

/pˈɹɪti/PRIH-tee
/pˈɹɪti/PRIH-tee

Meaningcrafty, tricky

Common meaning: pleasing to look at

Journey through time

  1. Cornishprat‘cunning’source
  2. Middle Englishpratisource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftscunning → pleasing to look atpretty‘pleasing to look at’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Cornish prat ‘crafty, tricky’.

Roots

  • prat Cornish “crafty, tricky”

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