Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Childish; like a pert young girl.
  • Full of chits or sprouts.
  • Afflicted with warts or pimples.
  • noun See chit.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Full of chits or sprouts.
  • adjective obsolete Childish; like a babe.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a small note, such as a pass or voucher slip; a chit.
  • adjective full of chits or sprouts
  • adjective childish; like a baby

Etymologies

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The word has Bengali origin chitti.

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