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Pronunciation : Dirt"y
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 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.
[Compar. Dirtier; superl. Dirtiest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Dirt"y
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.
2. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.
t. [imp. & p. p. Dirtied; p. pr. & vb. n. Dirtying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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