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rifty

rifty adjective: full of rifts or fissures.

Adjective

rifty (comparative more rifty, superlative most rifty)

  1. Full of rifts or fissures.
    • If the stone is very rifty the axe will work best on the quarry bed; because in the axe working on the quarry face, where the stone is solid, it will show a smooth service, but in the rifty places it will show roughness and the defect in the stone.1862, United States. Court of Claims, Reports from the Court of Claims, page 597

Forms of rifty

comparativemore rifty
superlativemost rifty

Origin of rifty

From rift + -y.

Questions about rifty

What does rifty mean?
Rifty means full of rifts or fissures.
What part of speech is rifty?
Rifty is an adjective.

Words near rifty in the dictionary

  1. riftless
  2. riftlike
  3. Rifton
  4. rifts
  5. riftsawn
  6. rifty
  7. rifugi
  8. rifugio
  9. rifugios
  10. rig
  11. rig doctor

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