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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LIGHTY

LIGHTY Light "y, a.

Defn: Illuminated. [Obs. ] Wyclif.

New American Oxford Dictionary

lighty

lighty |ˈlʌɪti |(also laaitie, litie ) ▶noun ( pl. lighties ) S. African informal a boy or young male adult. ORIGIN apparently from the adjective light 2 from light of heart + -y 2; the variant laaitie shows Afrikaans influence.

Oxford Dictionary

lighty

lighty |ˈlʌɪti |(also laaitie, litie ) ▶noun ( pl. lighties ) S. African informal a boy or young male adult. ORIGIN apparently from the adjective light 2 from light of heart + -y 2; the variant laaitie shows Afrikaans influence.