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TOTTY

Definition: TOTTY

TOTTY

Adjective

1. Unsteady; dizzy; tottery.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

"TOTTY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a man".

Date "TOTTY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Etymology: Totty \Tot"ty\, adjective. [from Old English expression toti. Compare to Totter.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: TOTTY

English words defined with "TOTTY": Toty. (references)
Etymologies containing "TOTTY": Toty. (references)

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Commercial Usage: TOTTY

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: TOTTY

"TOTTY" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "TOTTY" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%4175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: TOTTY

The following table summarizes the usage of "TOTTY" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
TottyLast name30028,215
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: TOTTY

"TOTTY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a man".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "TOTTY."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
CharlesMaleEnglishN/A
CharlotteFemaleEnglishCharles
LottieFemaleEnglishCharlotte
TottyFemaleEnglishCharlotte
CharlesMaleFrenchN/A
CharlotteFemaleFrenchCharles
SéarlaitFemaleIrishCharlotte
CharlottaFemaleScandinavianCharlotte
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: TOTTY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

totty

61

topless totty

45

british totty

39

hot totty

12

top totty

12

pure totty

12

beer totty

9

posh totty

4

teen totty

4

toppless totty

2

l mrs totty

2

drink hot totty

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: TOTTY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "o-t-t-t-y"

-2 letters: tot, toy.

-3 letters: oy, to, yo.

 Words containing the letters "o-t-t-t-y"
 

+2 letters: tottery.

 

+3 letters: totality.

 

+4 letters: puttyroot, statocyst, statutory, yottabyte.

 

+5 letters: cytostatic, puttyroots, statocysts, teetotally, tortuosity, yottabytes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TOTTY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F 54 54 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    ---    -    -    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 01010100 01010100 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#84 &#84 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F 0054 0054 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5449545459

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Names: Frequency
6. Names: Derived from
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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