Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dirtiest"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dirty \Dirt"y\, a. [Compar. {Dirtier}; superl. {Dirtiest}.]
1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure;
serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty
white. --Spenser.

2. Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color. --Locke.

3. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.

The creature's at his dirty work again. --Pope.

4. Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.

Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.
--M. Arnold.

Syn: Nasty; filthy; foul. See {Nasty}.

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