betty, v. colloq.
(ˈbɛtɪ)
[f. prec. n.]
to betty about: to fuss about, like a man who busies himself with a woman's duties. Hence ˈbettying vbl. n.
| 1851 T. Parker in Weiss Life II. 105, I am only an old maid in life after all my bettying about in literature and philosophy. |