pretty

Meaning

Synonyms

be good-looking

be beautiful

become pretty

bright-looking

make pretty

become beautiful

nicely

well favored

well groomed

be good

look good

seperately

black wedge tetra

garnet tetra

pretty and charming

sweet looking

tender and beautiful

a fair amount

gey and

hankydory

be good looking

pulchrous

small little

debonair

good to look at

hard to understand

nice looking

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɹɪti/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English prety, preti, praty, prati, from Old English prættiġ (“tricky, crafty, sly, cunning, wily, astute”), from Proto-West Germanic *prattug, from Proto-Germanic *prattugaz (“boastful, sly, slick, deceitful, tricky, cunning”), corresponding to prat (“trick”) + -y. Doublet of pratty. Cognate with Dutch prettig (“nice, pleasant”), Low German prettig (“funny”), Icelandic prettugur (“deceitful, tricky”). For the semantic development, compare canny, clever, cute.

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