betta

[ bet-uh ]

noun

1. fighting fish.

betta

/ ˈbɛtə /

noun

1. See fighting fish
   another name for fighting fish

Word History and Origins

Origin of betta¹

1925–30; < New Latin < ?

Word History and Origins

Origin of betta¹

C19: from New Latin, of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Pale, but prepared to meet the worst, Paula returned to the squalid room she occupied with her faithful Betta.

From Project Gutenberg

Paula passed a fearful night in the small, frightfully hot prison-cell in which she and Betta were shut up.

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This one mo' betta,' he added, pointing to the house where the drunken captain slumbered: 'Take-a-sun all-e-time.'

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More betta you get anoda compado sah—some good plaupa man dat no smokee.

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Oh, yes; she's a great deal betta than she was befo'e we came.

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