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mulletty

mulletty is the alternative form of mullety.

Meaning of mullety

Adjective (1)

mullety (not comparable)

  1. Resembling a mullet (haircut); mullet-like (also figuratively), short or tame in the front and long or wilder in the back.
    • Her hair is short and mullety, the same as mine when I was little—like Ned, she's totally out of step with fashion, but somehow still cool. Papa half in and half out of every photo, Grey with flowers braided through his plaits.2016 May 3, Harriet Reuter Hapgood, The Square Root of Summer, Roaring Brook Press, →ISBN, page 94

Adjective (2)

mullety (not comparable)

  1. Starry, strewn with mullets (heraldic stars). (Also figuratively.)
    • Aurora the Knight Awakes
      Within a dream the night a crescent smiles, / As palely seen a sleeping knight slow turns / Who restless, battles care of many miles / While mullety his sable shield still burns. / Aurora's hands reach lightly out to[…]1996, Richard Alan Edwards, A Long Knight's Journey Into Day: a book of poems, Rich Edwards, page 28

Questions about mulletty

What is mulletty the alternative form of?
Mulletty is the alternative form of mullety.

Words near mulletty in the dictionary

  1. mulletheads
  2. mulletlike
  3. mullets
  4. mullett
  5. mulletts
  6. mulletty
  7. mullety
  8. Mullewa
  9. mulley
  10. mulleygrubs
  11. mulleys

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