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==English==

===Etymology 1===
Possibly a shortening of {{m|en|poontang}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|colloquial}} The [[female#Adjective|female]] [[genitalia#Noun|genitalia]]; the [[vulva#Noun|vulva]] or [[vagina#Noun|vagina]].
#: {{syn|en|Thesaurus:vulva}}
#* {{RQ:New Yorker|author=w:Chris Adrian|title=A Better Angel|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714112640/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/04/03/a-better-angel|date=26 March 2006|passage=Things started to go wrong between the angel and me after Cindy Hacklight showed me her '''pooty''' in seventh grade. Cindy had made a sort of cottage industry of showing her '''pooty''' to anyone—girl or boy—who would give her five dollars, a large sum back then, before high-school inflation.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Helen Reddy|chapter=Long Hard Climb|title=Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader|editor=John Morthland|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:Anchor Books|year=2003|page=81|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/mainlinesbloodfe0000bang/page/81/mode/1up|isbn=0375713670|passage=What everybody doesn't know is the hot pulsating goodies Helen Reddy's got to offer up. Cum here woman, do your duty; drop them drawers and gimme some '''pooty'''!}}

===Etymology 2===
Representing a dialectal or colloquial pronunciation of {{from|en|pretty}}.<ref>{{R:OED Online|id=7244894204|pos=adj}}</ref> Compare {{m|en|purty}}. The adverb is derived from the adjective.<ref>{{R:OED Online|id=6018036597|pos=adv}}</ref>

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|er}}

# {{senseid|en|attractive}} {{lb|en|dialectal}} [[pretty#Adjective|Pretty]].
#* '''1857''', The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 1, No.1, ''Sally Parson's Duty''
#*: "Bless your '''pooty''' little figger-head, Sally! I don't know as 'tis, but suthin' nigh about as bad is a-comin...

====Adverb====
{{en-adv|-}}

# {{lb|en|dialectal}} [[pretty#Adjective|Pretty]] {{gl|somewhat, fairly}}.
#* {{RQ:Twain Huckleberry Finn|chapter=VIII|passage="Well, you see, it 'uz dis way. Ole missus — dat's Miss Watson — she pecks on me all de time, en treats me '''pooty''' rough, but she awluz said she wouldn' sell me down to Orleans.}}

===Etymology 3===
{{unc|en}}. Possibly from {{m|en|pooty|id=attractive|t=pretty}}, although that term is attested slightly later.<ref name="OED n">{{R:OED Online|id=6672931358|pos=n}}</ref>

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|England|dialectal|Northamptonshire}} {{taxlink|Cepaea nemoralis|species}}, one of the most common species of [[land snail]] in Europe, with a dark brown lip to its shell.
#: {{syn|en|grove snail}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Gillian Nelson|title=Charity's Child|location=London|publisher=[[w:W. H. Allen & Co.|W. H. Allen]]|year=1980|page=45|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/charityschild0000nels/page/45/mode/1up|isbn=0491027907|passage=Do 'e remember that nest then? and the '''pooty''' shells I collected for you, and all our playings?}}

=====Usage notes=====
* Chiefly used by or in reference to the writings of English poet {{w|John Clare}} (1793–1864).<ref name="OED n"/>

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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=oopty|otopy}}

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