Meanings
lighty1
nounlighty (plural lighties)
plural lighties · alternative lightie
- South AfricaslangA young man; a boy.
lighty2
adverb
- alternativeobsoleteAlternative form of lightly; however, more often a misspelling of lightly.
That heart, she said, is lighty priz'd, / Which is too lighty won; / And long shall rue that easy maid / Who yields her love too soon.
1784, Thomas Percy, “The Hermit of Warkworth, a Northumberland Ballad”, in Thomas Evans, Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date, volume 3, page 23
Lighty3
Synonyms & antonyms
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