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rafty

rafty adjective: damp; musty.

Adjective

rafty (comparative raftier, superlative raftiest)

  1. (UK, dialectal) damp; musty

Forms of rafty

comparativeraftier
superlativeraftiest

Origin of rafty

Perhaps akin to German Reif (“hoarfrost”).

Questions about rafty

What does rafty mean?
Rafty means damp; musty.
What part of speech is rafty?
Rafty is an adjective.

Words near rafty in the dictionary

  1. rafts
  2. raftsman
  3. raftsmen
  4. raftswoman
  5. raftswomen
  6. rafty
  7. rafugar
  8. rafugars
  9. rafute
  10. rag
  11. rag and bone men

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