Dictionary

crufty en · ADJ

Etymology

From cruft + -y. Arose after 1959, presumably mid-1960s. Perhaps influenced by cruddy, crusty.

Meanings

1. (informal) Relating to or containing cruft.
2. (informal) Poorly built and overly-complex, and unpleasant.
3. Unrefined, dirty or worn.
   • All these years I been living with you we en't go nowhere. You want a beast of burden, not a woman. Because you is a big, crufty, niggerman with the strength of an ox and a mind big and empty like midday sky you think me is the same. 1972, Jan Carew, The wild coast:
   • I thought I caught him sneering at Kevin and me, in our crufty pants and shoes, but I couldn't be sure. 2013, Richard Bowker, The Portal (An Alternative History Novel), page 1614174636:

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Deriveds

cruftiness