clarty en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English clart Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English clarty From clart + -y.
Meanings
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(Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) Sticky and foul; dirty, filthy, muddy.
CLART. To spread, smear, or daub. A flake of snow, when it is large and sticks to the clothes, is called a clart. So we have clarts, mud; clarty, muddy, sticky. Clarty-paps, a dirty sloven of a wife.
[1846, James Orchard Halliwell, “CLART”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. […], volume I (A–I), London: John Russell Smith, […], →OCLC, page 252, column 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| clerty | alternative | lexicographic | |
| clurty | alternative | lexicographic | |
| clartie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| clartier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| clorty | alternative | lexicographic | |
| clartiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
foul · besmirched · grubby · sordid · horry · befouled · unclean · seamy · sullied · grotty · unwashed · dirtsome · lousy · nasty · icky · manky · dirty · yucky · cruddy · clarty · squalid · soiled