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rortier

rortier is the comparative form 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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Questions about rortier

What is rortier the comparative form of?
Rortier is the comparative form of rorty.

Words near rortier in the dictionary

  1. Rorschachs
  2. rort
  3. rorted
  4. rorter
  5. rorters
  6. rortier
  7. rortiest
  8. rortiness
  9. rorting
  10. rorts
  11. rorty

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