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dirtsome en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From dirt + -some.

Meanings

1. Marked by dirtiness or by being dirty
   • Guilt 'cos I always s'vived an' 'scaped despite my dirtsome'n'stony soul. 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:
   • 'Are you truly certain you are well, Princess'? quoth he. 'Because you look a bit battered and dirtsome, [...]' 2009, Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois, The Dragon Book:

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more dirtsome	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most dirtsome	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

dirtsome en · ADV · etymology 2

Etymology

From dirt + -some.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, regional) 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. 2016, Ruth Fnnegan, Poems from the Black Inked Pearl 2:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more dirtsome	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most dirtsome	Degree=Sup		lexicographic