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dirtsome

dirtsome adjective: marked by dirtiness or by being dirty.

Adjective

dirtsome (comparative more dirtsome, superlative most dirtsome)

  1. Marked by dirtiness or by being dirty
    • Guilt 'cos I always s'vived an' 'scaped despite my dirtsome'n'stony soul.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN
    • 'Are you truly certain you are well, Princess'? quoth he. 'Because you look a bit battered and dirtsome, [...]'2009, Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois, The Dragon Book

Adverb

dirtsome (comparative more dirtsome, superlative most dirtsome)

  1. (nonstandard, regional) very; extremely; awfully
    • Dear nutmeg grown for me and mine midst tree and mace and tropic's space [e]quatorial shine., with brown and black in spice-isles sown you're dirtsome cheap sold in hea[p]s, then heapen pile, but dear to me.2016, Ruth Fnnegan, Poems from the Black Inked Pearl 2

Forms of dirtsome

Adjective
comparativemore dirtsome
superlativemost dirtsome
Adverb
comparativemore dirtsome
superlativemost dirtsome

Origin of dirtsome

From dirt + -some.

Questions about dirtsome

What does dirtsome mean?
Dirtsome means marked by dirtiness or by being dirty.
What part of speech is dirtsome?
Dirtsome can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near dirtsome in the dictionary

  1. dirtproof
  2. dirts
  3. dirtside
  4. dirtsider
  5. dirtsiders
  6. dirtsome
  7. dirtwad
  8. dirtwads
  9. dirty
  10. dirty bird
  11. dirty birds

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