What does "dirty" mean?
Dirty: Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color. Locke.
Additional senses
- 2.Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow. The creature's at his dirty work again. Pope.
- 3.Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather. Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea. M. Arnold. See Nasty.
- 4.To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.
- 5.To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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