forgetty

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəˈɡɛti/ (General American) IPA(key): /fɚˈɡɛti/, [-ɾi] === Etymology 1 === From forget +‎ -y (“having the quality of; inclined to”). ==== Adjective ==== forgetty (comparative more forgetty, superlative most forgetty) Tending to forget things, forgetful. In a state of forgetting, having forgotten. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:forgetty. === Etymology 2 === Coined or popularized by Cordwainer Smith (see quotations below). Seemingly from forget +‎ -y (suffix forming diminutive or familiar nouns). ==== Noun ==== forgetty (plural forgetties) (science fiction) A person whose memory has been erased or damaged.