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dirtsome

adj

Etymology

From dirt + -some.

  1. derived from *dʰreyd-✻
  2. derived from *dritą✻
  3. derived from drit
  4. inherited from drit
  5. suffixed as dirtsome — “dirt + some”

Definitions

  1. Marked by dirtiness or by being dirty

    • Guilt 'cos I always s'vived an' 'scaped despite my dirtsome'n'stony soul.
    • 'Are you truly certain you are well, Princess'? quoth he. 'Because you look a bit battered and dirtsome, [...]'

  2. very

    very; extremely; awfully

    • Dear nutmeg grown for me and mine midst tree and mace and tropic's space [e]quatorial shine., with brown and black in spice-isles sown you're dirtsome cheap sold in hea[p]s, then heapen pile, but dear to me.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA