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reesty

reesty adjective: of a horse: restive; tending to balk.

Adjective

reesty (comparative more reesty, superlative most reesty)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Of a horse: restive; tending to balk.

Forms of reesty

comparativemore reesty
superlativemost reesty

Origin of reesty

Compare reest and restive.

Questions about reesty

What does reesty mean?
Reesty means of a horse: restive; tending to balk.
What part of speech is reesty?
Reesty is an adjective.

Words near reesty in the dictionary

  1. reestimation
  2. reestimations
  3. reesting
  4. reestit mutton
  5. reests
  6. reesty
  7. reet
  8. reet pleat
  9. reet pleats
  10. Reeta
  11. Reeth

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