pettychaps
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. Probably imitative of the bird’s call, with influence from petty (“small”) and either chap (“jaw; bill of a bird”) or chap (“person”).[1] Alternatively, perhaps directly from petty (in turn from Middle English pety (“tiny”)) and chaps (“jaws”).[2] Attested from the 1670s.
Noun[edit]
pettychaps (plural pettychaps)
- Any of several species of small European passerine songbirds, including the willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), the chiffchaffs (Phylloscopus spp.), and the western Orphean warbler (Sylvia hortensis).
References[edit]
- ^ “pettichaps, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2020.
- ^ “pettichaps”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “pettichaps, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “pettichaps”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Garden warbler on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Sylvioidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Sylvioidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
