dirtsome

English

Etymology

From dirt +‎ -some.

Adjective

dirtsome (comparative more dirtsome, superlative most dirtsome)

Marked by dirtiness or by being dirty
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
  Guilt 'cos I always s'vived an' 'scaped despite my dirtsome'n'stony soul.
- 2009, Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois, The Dragon Book:
  'Are you truly certain you are well, Princess'? quoth he. 'Because you look a bit battered and dirtsome, [...]'

Adverb

dirtsome (comparative more dirtsome, superlative most dirtsome)

(nonstandard, regional) very; extremely; awfully
- 2016, Ruth Fnnegan, Poems from the Black Inked Pearl 2:
  Dear nutmeg grown for me and mine midst tree and mace and tropic's space [e]quatorial shine., with brown and black in spice-isles sown you're dirtsome cheap sold in hea[p]s, then heapen pile, but dear to me.

Anagrams

Tidmores, distomer, mortised, temorids

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