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dirtsome

adj, adv — 2 senses

dirtsome

adj

Etymology From dirt + -some.

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:

dirtsome

adv

Etymology From dirt + -some.

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:

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