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ArchivesRe: origin of the boys name 'tidy'
in reply to a message by Kate
Courtesy of my computer version of Webster's:
tidy (tde) -dier, -diest
adj.
1 neat in personal appearance, ways, etc.; orderly
2 neat in arrangement; in order; trim
3 [Colloq.] a) fairly good; satisfactory b) rather large; considerable [a tidy sum of money]
vt., vi.
-died, -dying to make (things) tidy Often with up
n.
pl. -dies
1 antimacassar
2 a small container for odds and ends
tidily
adv.
tidiness
n.
Etymology
[ME tidi, seasonable, honest, hence in good condition; tide: see tide1]
(C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
tidy (tde) -dier, -diest
adj.
1 neat in personal appearance, ways, etc.; orderly
2 neat in arrangement; in order; trim
3 [Colloq.] a) fairly good; satisfactory b) rather large; considerable [a tidy sum of money]
vt., vi.
-died, -dying to make (things) tidy Often with up
n.
pl. -dies
1 antimacassar
2 a small container for odds and ends
tidily
adv.
tidiness
n.
Etymology
[ME tidi, seasonable, honest, hence in good condition; tide: see tide1]
(C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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