nesty

N1E1S1T1Y4
US/ˈnɛsti/

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a nest.

Scrabble 8
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivenesty (comparative more nesty, superlative most nesty)

comparative more nesty · superlative most nesty

  1. rareResembling or characteristic of a nest.

    O may the raven-bird whose cry our hapless parting croaked / Find ne'er a nesty home and eke shed all his plumery!

    1894, Leonard Charles Smithers, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 1, page 194

Origin

From nest + -y.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with nesty

zestytestywestychestybestiebreastyfestyjestypestyquestieresty
All rhymes →

Anagrams

styen
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: nesty on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.