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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

2 entries under this word

Dirty

Dirt'y, a.

adjective

a. [compar. DIRTIER; superl. DIRTIEST.]

  1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.
  2. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow; a dirty employment.

Syn.—Nasty; filthy; foul. See NASTY.

Dirt’y, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DIRTIED (dîr'tid); p. pr. & vb. n. DIRTYING.]

  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, &c.