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durt

durt is the obsolete form of dirt.

Meaning of dirt

Noun

dirt (usually uncountable, plural dirts)

  1. (US, usually) Soil or earth.
  2. (usually) A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance.
    Synonyms:
    filth
  3. (usually) Previously unknown facts or rumors about a person.
    • The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover.
    Synonyms:
    gossip, kompromat
  4. (figuratively, usually) Meanness; sordidness.
    • honours […] thrown away upon dirt and infamy1810, W. Melmoth, transl., Letters of Pliny
  5. (usually) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
  6. (usually) Freckles.
    • I'm one of Charlie's Angels too, but I'm the one with the dirty face.1983, Pat Phoenix, Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt, page 158

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Questions about durt

What is durt the obsolete form of?
Durt is the obsolete form of dirt.

Words near durt in the dictionary

  1. Dursos
  2. durst
  3. durste
  4. durstn't
  5. Durston
  6. durt
  7. durty
  8. Duru
  9. durukuli
  10. durukulis
  11. durum

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