Tutty Definition
tŭtē
tutty
noun
Crude zinc oxide obtained from the flues of smelting furnaces.
Webster's New World
Origin of Tutty
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French tutie; compare Spanish tutia, atutia, from Latin tutia, from Arabic توتياء (tÅ«tiyāʾ), from Persian توتیا (tÅ«tiyā), from Sanskrit तुत्था (tuttha)
From Wiktionary
Middle English tutie from Old French from Arabic tūtīyā from Persian from Sanskrit tuttham blue vitriol probably of Dravidian origin Kannada tutta
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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