"clarty" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: clartier [comparative], clartiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ti Etymology: From clart + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|clart|-y|id2=adjectival}} clart + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} clarty (comparative clartier, superlative clartiest)
  1. (British, Northern England and Scotland dialect) Sticky and foul; dirty, filthy, muddy. Tags: British, Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal Synonyms: unclean, clartie, clerty, clorty, clurty [Scotland] Derived forms: clarty-paps Related terms: clatty, clats

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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