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raughty

raughty is the alternative spelling of rorty.

Meaning of rorty

Adjective

rorty (comparative rortier, superlative rortiest)

  1. (UK, informal) Boisterous, rowdy, saucy, dissipated, or risqué.
    • "Tell us a good story, Rodney — one of your rorty ones." / Mr. Rodney shrivelled. / "I fear," he murmured — "I fear I am scarcely in the — er — rorty vein to-night."1898, Robert Smythe Hichens, The Londoners, page 280

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Forms of raughty

comparativeraughtier
superlativeraughtiest

Questions about raughty

What is raughty the alternative spelling of?
Raughty is the alternative spelling of rorty.

Words near raughty in the dictionary

  1. rauenthalite
  2. Rauf
  3. Raufs
  4. raught
  5. raughtest
  6. raughty
  7. Rauh
  8. rauhaugite
  9. rauhaugites
  10. Rauhs
  11. rauisuchian

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