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style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-potty.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-potty.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-potty.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-potty.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-potty.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-potty.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-potty.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-potty.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%92ti" title="Rhymes:English/ɒti"><span class="IPA">-ɒti</span></a></dd></dl></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=potty&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pot#English" title="pot">pot</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">chamberpot</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-y#English" title="-y">-y</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">diminutive suffix</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=potty&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">potty</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potties#English" title="potties">potties</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A <a href="/wiki/chamber_pot" title="chamber pot">chamber pot</a>.</li> <li>A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to <a href="/wiki/toilet-train" title="toilet-train">toilet-train</a> small <a href="/wiki/children" title="children">children</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1940</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carlos_Williams" class="extiw" title="w:William Carlos Williams">William Carlos Williams</a>, <cite><i>In the Money</i></cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">If you just let him know you want him to go on the <b>potty</b>, or anything, he's miles away.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1949</b></span>, Edith Buxbaum, <cite>Your Child Makes Sense: A Guidebook for Parents</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Mothers very often make the baby and themselves unhappy by setting the child on the <b>potty</b> every hour.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/childish" title="childish">childish</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/humorous" title="humorous">humorous</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/any" title="any">Any</a> <a href="/wiki/other" title="other">other</a> <a href="/wiki/device" title="device">device</a> or <a href="/wiki/place" title="place">place</a> for <a href="/wiki/urination" title="urination">urination</a> or <a href="/wiki/defecation" title="defecation">defecation</a>: a <a href="/wiki/toilet" title="toilet">toilet</a>; a <a href="/wiki/lavatory" title="lavatory">lavatory</a>; a <a href="/wiki/latrine" title="latrine">latrine</a>; an <a href="/wiki/outhouse" title="outhouse">outhouse</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=potty&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">chamber pot</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <i>See</i> <b><a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:chamber_pot" title="Thesaurus:chamber pot">Thesaurus:chamber pot</a></b></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">other places for urination and defecation</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <i>See</i> <b><a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:toilet" title="Thesaurus:toilet">Thesaurus:toilet</a></b> <i>and</i> <b><a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:bathroom" title="Thesaurus:bathroom">Thesaurus:bathroom</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=potty&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/birth-to-potty#English" title="birth-to-potty">birth-to-potty</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/birth-to-potty_diaper#English" title="birth-to-potty diaper">birth-to-potty diaper</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/birth-to-potty_nappy#English" title="birth-to-potty nappy">birth-to-potty nappy</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/go_potty#English" title="go potty">go potty</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pity_potty#English" title="pity potty">pity potty</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/porta-potty#English" title="porta-potty">porta-potty</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/port-o-potty#English" title="port-o-potty">port-o-potty</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty_break#English" title="potty break">potty break</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty_chair#English" title="potty chair">potty chair</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty_chart#English" title="potty chart">potty chart</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty_dance#English" title="potty dance">potty dance</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty_humor#English" title="potty humor">potty humor</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=potty_language&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="potty language (page does not exist)">potty language</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty_mouth#English" title="potty mouth">potty mouth</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty-mouthed#English" title="potty-mouthed">potty-mouthed</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty_pants#English" title="potty pants">potty pants</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty_parity#English" title="potty parity">potty parity</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty_princess#English" title="potty princess">potty princess</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty_stool#English" title="potty stool">potty stool</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty_talk#English" title="potty talk">potty talk</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty_train#English" title="potty train">potty train</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty-trained#English" title="potty-trained">potty-trained</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty_trained#English" title="potty trained">potty trained</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty_training#English" title="potty training">potty training</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potty_untraining#English" title="potty untraining">potty untraining</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/squatty_potty#English" title="squatty potty">squatty potty</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/use_the_potty#English" title="use the potty">use the potty</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=potty&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-chamber_pot"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">chamber pot <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/chamber_pot#Translations" title="chamber pot">chamber pot</a></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-children&#039;s_chamberpot"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">children's chamberpot</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="children's chamberpot"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%82%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9_%D8%B7%D9%81%D9%84&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="قعادة طفل (page does not exist)">قَعَادَة طِفْل</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">qaʕāda(t) ṭifl</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/no%C4%8Dn%C3%ADk#Czech" title="nočník">nočník</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/no%C4%8Dn%C3%ADk" class="extiw" title="cs:nočník">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/potta#Finnish" title="potta">potta</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/potta" class="extiw" title="fi:potta">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/T%C3%B6pfchen#German" title="Töpfchen">Töpfchen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/T%C3%B6pfchen" class="extiw" title="de:Töpfchen">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B9%CF%8C#Greek" title="γιογιό">γιογιό</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B9%CF%8C" class="extiw" title="el:γιογιό">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">giogió</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/bili#Hungarian" title="bili">bili</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/bili" class="extiw" title="hu:bili">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%82%8B#Japanese" title="おまる">おまる</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%82%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:おまる">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">o-maru</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80#Macedonian" title="нокшир">но́кшир</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">nókšir</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Mongolian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mn"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BA#Mongolian" title="горшок">горшок</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mn-Latn" class="tr Latn">goršok</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="mn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%85%D3%A9%D1%82%D3%A9%D0%B2%D1%87&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="хөтөвч (page does not exist)">хөтөвч</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://mn.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%85%D3%A9%D1%82%D3%A9%D0%B2%D1%87" class="extiw" title="mn:хөтөвч">(mn)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mn-Latn" class="tr Latn">xötövč</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/potte#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="potte">potte</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/potte#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="potte">potte</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/nocnik#Polish" title="nocnik">nocnik</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/nocnik" class="extiw" title="pl:nocnik">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/penico#Portuguese" title="penico">penico</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/penico" class="extiw" title="pt:penico">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/oli%C8%9B%C4%83#Romanian" title="oliță">oliță</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/oli%C8%9B%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:oliță">(ro)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ночной горшок (page does not exist)">ночно́й горшо́к</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BA" class="extiw" title="ru:ночной горшок">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">nočnój goršók</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BA#Russian" title="горшок">горшо́к</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BA" class="extiw" title="ru:горшок">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">goršók</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="тута">тута</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="ноша">ноша</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/tuta#Serbo-Croatian" title="tuta">tuta</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/tuta" class="extiw" title="sh:tuta">(sh)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=no%C5%A1a&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="noša (page does not exist)">noša</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/no%C5%A1a" class="extiw" title="sh:noša">(sh)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/wiki/no%C4%8Dn%C3%ADk#Slovak" title="nočník">nočník</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/potta#Swedish" title="potta">potta</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/potta" class="extiw" title="sv:potta">(sv)</a></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=laz%C4%B1ml%C4%B1k&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lazımlık (page does not exist)">lazımlık</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/laz%C4%B1ml%C4%B1k" class="extiw" title="tr:lazımlık">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/poti#Welsh" title="poti">poti</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-toilet"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">toilet <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/toilet#Translations" title="toilet">toilet</a></div></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-bathroom"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">bathroom <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/bathroom#Translations" title="bathroom">bathroom</a></div></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-latrine"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">latrine <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/latrine#Translations" title="latrine">latrine</a></div></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-outhouse"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">outhouse <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/outhouse#Translations" title="outhouse">outhouse</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=potty&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">potty</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/potties#English" title="potties">potties</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pottying#English" title="pottying">pottying</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pottied#English" title="pottied">pottied</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/childish" title="childish">childish</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Synonym of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/go_potty#English" title="go potty">go potty</a></i></span></span>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">If anybody needs to <b>potty</b>, do it now before we go.</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=potty&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r82267123">.mw-parser-output .maintenance-box{width:90%;margin:0.75em auto;border-width:1px;border-style:dashed;padding:0.25em}.mw-parser-output .request-box{width:90%;margin:0.75em auto;border:1px dashed var(--border-color-base,#999999);padding:0.25em;background:var(--background-color-base,#FFFFFF)}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .request-box 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Please add to it, or discuss it at the <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Etymology_scriptorium" title="Wiktionary:Etymology scriptorium">Etymology scriptorium</a>.)</span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adjective">Adjective</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=potty&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">potty</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en comparative-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pottier#English" title="pottier">pottier</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en superlative-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pottiest#English" title="pottiest">pottiest</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#informal" title="Appendix:Glossary">informal</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/insane" title="insane">Insane</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The noise that the neighbour's kids were making was driving Fred <b>potty</b>.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/golf" title="golf">golf</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Easy to <a href="/wiki/pot" title="pot">pot</a> the ball on. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1890</b></span>, <cite>Golf...: A Weekly Record of "ye Royal and Auncient" Game</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The Eastbourne Green is by no means a " <b>potty</b> " one, and happily belies its appearance.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1909</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling" class="extiw" title="w:Rudyard Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_House_Surgeon" class="extiw" title="s:The House Surgeon">The House Surgeon</a></cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">"A <b>potty</b> little nine-hole affair at a hydro in the Midlands. My cousins stay there. Always will. Not but what the fourth and the seventh holes take some doing. You could manage it, though," he said encouragingly.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms_2">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=potty&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>See also <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:insane" title="Thesaurus:insane">Thesaurus:insane</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=potty&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"><ul><li><span 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