dorty

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔɹti/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ti

Adjective

dorty (comparative more dorty, superlative most dorty)

1. (Geordie) Dirty; unclean.

   His claithes were dorty.

Related terms

• dirty (Standard English)
• hacky (Geordie)
• hacky dorty (Geordie)
• unclean (Standard English)

References

• Frank Graham, editor (1987), “DORTY”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN.
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4