rat-ridden
rat-ridden adjective: full of or infested with rats.
Adjective
rat-ridden (comparative more rat-ridden, superlative most rat-ridden)
- Full of or infested with rats.
- He then lays certain silver money on the table, finds his hat, gropes his way down the broken stairs, gives a good morning to some rat-ridden doorkeeper, in bed in a black hutch beneath the stairs, and passes out.1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC
- Years ago he had completed his purchase of the ramshackle and rat-ridden old barrack.1905, Ford Madox Ford, The Benefactor, London: Brown, Langham & Co., Part IV, Chapter 3, p. 282
Forms of rat-ridden
| comparative | more rat-ridden |
|---|---|
| superlative | most rat-ridden |
Origin of rat-ridden
From rat + -ridden.
Questions about rat-ridden
- What does rat-ridden mean?
- Rat-ridden means full of or infested with rats.
- What part of speech is rat-ridden?
- Rat-ridden is an adjective.
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