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nesty

US/ˈnɛsti/

nesty adjective: resembling or characteristic of a nest.

Adjective

nesty (comparative more nesty, superlative most nesty)

  1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of a nest.
    • O may the raven-bird whose cry our hapless parting croaked / Find ne'er a nesty home and eke shed all his plumery!1894, Leonard Charles Smithers, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 1, page 194

Forms of nesty

comparativemore nesty
superlativemost nesty

Origin of nesty

From nest + -y.

Words that rhyme with nesty

Questions about nesty

What does nesty mean?
Nesty means resembling or characteristic of a nest.
What part of speech is nesty?
Nesty is an adjective.
How do you pronounce nesty?
Nesty is pronounced /ˈnɛsti/ (US).

Words near nesty in the dictionary

  1. nests together
  2. nestsful
  3. neststraw
  4. Nesttun
  5. nestward
  6. nesty
  7. net
  8. net and rouf
  9. net art
  10. net asset value
  11. net asset values

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