[Apparently deduced from CHITTY-FACE, q.v., but afterwards associated with CHIT sb.1] Said of the face: a. Lean and pinched. b. Puny, childish, baby-like.
1616. Pasquil & Kath., I. 229. A chittie, well complexion’d face; And yet it wants a beard.
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., III. ii. IV. i. (1651), 519. Every Lover admires his Mistress, though she … have a … lean, thin, chitty face.
1755. Johnson, Chitty, childish, like a baby.
