dirten meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

dirten

adj

Etymology From Middle English driten, from Old English driten, ġedriten, from Proto-Germanic *dritanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *drītaną (“to defecate; befoul”).

Dialectal Dirty; filthy

dirten

verb

Etymology From dirt + -en (verbal suffix).

Uganda, Ambitransitive To make or become dirty or soiled.

"May I wash her and change her dress before you take her? She always hated being dirty," I said remembering how Pauline used to cry if she fell down and dirtened her dress or socks.1999, Jane Alison Kaberuka, Silent Patience, page 44:

dirten

adj

Etymology From dirt + -en (“made of”).

Dialectal Made of dirt

a dirten floor

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