lighty

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== lighty (plural lighties) (South Africa, slang) A young man; a boy. ===== Alternative forms ===== lightie === Etymology 2 === ==== Adverb ==== lighty (obsolete) Alternative form of lightly; however, more often a misspelling of lightly. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === liȝty, liȝti === Etymology === From light (noun) +‎ -y, -i (suffix forming an adjective). === Adjective === lighty bright, illuminated, spiritually enlightened (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?) === References === “lightī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 1 November 2019.