groaty

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Made or consisting of groats. dialectal
  2. Grotty (“dirty; gross”).
    — “Pigs are groaty,” Blair said. Haldane sat on the hearth between Owen and the tree. "People say that about pigs, but it's not true. A pig's cleaner than a hound's tooth."

词形变化

more groaty comparative groatier comparative most groaty superlative groatiest superlative grotty alternative groatie alternative grottie alternative

词源

词源 1
From groat + -y; and also continuing Middle English groti, grooti (“muddy, slimy”), from Old English grotiġ (“earthy”), from Old English grot (“piece, fragment, particle, atom”). Influenced by Middle English grout (“coarse meal”). Related to grit, gritty, and greaty.
词源 2
See grotty.
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