dirtsome

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adjective

Marked by dirtiness or by being dirty

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Meanings

dirtsome1

adjectivedirtsome (comparative more dirtsome, superlative most dirtsome)

comparative more dirtsome · superlative most dirtsome

  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
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    '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

dirtsome2

adverbdirtsome (comparative more dirtsome, superlative most dirtsome)

comparative more dirtsome · superlative most dirtsome

  1. nonstandardregionalvery; 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
clartycruddydirtygrubbyunclean

Origin

dirtsome · adjective

From dirt + -some.

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dirtsome · adverb

From dirt + -some.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

mortiseddistomer
Cite this entry
APA

dirtsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dirtsome

MLA

“dirtsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dirtsome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dirtsome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dirtsome.

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