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Definition of Squatty
1. Adjective. Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature. "A stumpy ungainly figure"
Similar to: Little, Short
Derivative terms: Dumpiness, Squatness, Squattiness
Definition of Squatty
1. a. Squat; dumpy.
Definition of Squatty
1. Adjective. Somewhat squat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Squatty
1. squat [adj -TIER, -TIEST] - See also: squat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squatty
Literary usage of Squatty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clinical Cardiology by Selian Neuhof (1917)
"A. Horizontally Disposed (squatty) Hearts. — If from any cause the heart lies
abnormally flat upon the diaphragm, the ventricles are apt to be ' disposed ..."
2. England from a Back-window: With Views of Scotland and Ireland by James Montgomery Bailey (1878)
"Every room in the low, squatty Gordon Arms, and in the low, squatty Richmond
Arms, was filled, as were also the stairways, with people. ..."
3. The Book Buyer by Charles Scribner's Sons (1893)
"Mine is a precious but squatty little book. It looks as though the publishers
had pared down the margin in an economical fit, or in order that no one should ..."
4. The American Amateur Photographer (1902)
"You people make your figures too squatty. You think that you don't do it, that
your camera does it. You notice the first lady or gentleman whom you see ..."
5. James Macdonell, Journalist by William Robertson Nicoll (1890)
"Every room in the low, squatty Gordon Arms, and in the low, squatty Richmond
Arms, was filled, as were also the stairways, with people. ..."
6. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1902)
"You people make your ligures too squatty. You think that you don't do it, that
your camera does it. You notice the first lady or gentleman whom you see ..."
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