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tartiest

tartiest is the superlative form of tarty.

Meaning of tarty

Adjective

tarty (comparative tartier, superlative tartiest)

  1. (UK, slang) Like a tart (promiscuous woman); slutty, whorish.
    • Atwood's Edible Woman offers a brilliant analysis of woman as consumable in consumer capitalism: when Marian turns out in a tarty hairdo and red dress...1991, Gayle Greene, Changing the Story: Feminist Fiction and the Tradition
  2. Somewhat tart.
    • Now, I lets mine boil a bit longer than Lizzy, to sweeten the tarty taste.1999, Donna Morrissey, Kit’s Law, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Mariner Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 242

Questions about tartiest

What is tartiest the superlative form of?
Tartiest is the superlative form of tarty.

Words near tartiest in the dictionary

  1. Tartessians
  2. Tartessos
  3. Tartessus
  4. tartest
  5. tartier
  6. tartiest
  7. tartiflette
  8. tartiflettes
  9. tartily
  10. tartine
  11. tartines

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