clarty
clarty adjective: sticky and foul; dirty, filthy, muddy.
Adjective
clarty (comparative clartier, superlative clartiest)
- Sticky and foul; dirty, filthy, muddy.
- CLART. To spread, smear, or daub. A flake of snow, when it is large and sticks to the clothes, is called a clart. So we have clarts, mud; clarty, muddy, sticky. Clarty-paps, a dirty sloven of a wife.[1846, James Orchard Halliwell, “CLART”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. […], volume I (A–I), London...
Synonyms of clarty
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Forms of clarty
| comparative | clartier |
|---|---|
| superlative | clartiest |
| alternative form | clartie |
| alternative form | clerty |
| alternative form | clorty |
| alternative form | clurty |
Origin of clarty
From clart + -y.
Words formed from clarty
- clarty-paps
Words that rhyme with clarty
Questions about clarty
- What does clarty mean?
- Clarty means sticky and foul; dirty, filthy, muddy.
- What part of speech is clarty?
- Clarty is an adjective.
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