Iti, n. and a.
(ˈaɪtaɪ)
Also Itie, Ity.
[Dim. of Italian a. and n.]
Used with disparaging overtones:
A. n. An Italian.
B. adj. Italian. Cf. Eyetie n. and a.
| 1941 R. Moore in Michie & Graebner Lights of Freedom x. 130 Ity planes were circling overhead. Ibid. 131 How surprised the Ities would be to see us. 1942 E. Afr. Ann. 1941–2 109/1 The Itis ran away with it all, fancy even taking the macaroni, poor devils. 1944 A. Jacob Traveller's War xiv. 246 We thought you were Iti. Ibid. xviii. 278 The petulant Itie or the solid Boche. 1947 [see brush n.5]. 1959 G. Jenkins Twist of Sand iv. 68 Those Itie destroyers will have to come mighty close. 1965 Economist 4 Dec. 1100/3 With all these Ities and squareheads and Greeks around, it might be worth remembering. 1973 Times 1 Jan. 14/4 I'm going to be a German, an Iti, a Dutchman. |