betty (plural betties)
(slang, slightly pejorative) An attractive woman; a babe.
A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jemmy.
(archaic, derogatory) A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman.
(US, archaic) A pear-shaped bottle covered with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; a Florence flask.
• (attractive woman): see beautiful woman
• (man who performs a woman's tasks): cot-betty, cot-quean, henhussy
• (man who performs a woman's tasks): househusband
• TBYTE, tbyte
Betty
A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.
• A popular given name in the early 20th century, often in the form Betty Lou.
• TBYTE, tbyte
Source: Wiktionary
Bet"ty, n.
1. Etym: [Supposed to be a cant word, from Betty, for Elizabeth, as such an instrument is also called Bess (i. e., Elizabeth) in the Canting Dictionary of 1725, and Jenny (i. e., Jane).]
Definition: A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. [Written also bettee.] The powerful betty, or the artful picklock. Arbuthnot.
2. Etym: [Betty, nickname for Elizabeth.]
Definition: A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
3. A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists a Florence flask. [U. S.] Bartlett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
