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
   • The vice trust, with equal ingenuity, sent prostitutes dressed in their tartiest outfits into respectable neighborhoods to inquire about apartments for rent.2004, Thomas A Reppetto, American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power
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
   • Because of its tarty taste, and the fact that (in animal experiments) it has shown to have a toxic effect, for culinary uses the rape oil is ‘hardened’ (hydrogenation of the double bond!).2005, Dietrich Frohne, Hans Jürgen Pfänder, translated by Inge Alford, Poisonous Plants: A Handbook for Doctors, Pharmacists, Toxicologists, Biologists and Veterinarians, 2nd edition, Portland, Ore....